Check out the latest about IPRRG 2025, our next annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!

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Access presentations from IPRRG 2024

Access presentations from IPRRG 2024

The 2024 annual meeting of the International Pest Risk Research Group was held in the beautiful city of Malaga, Spain, in association with the Spanish National Research Council and University of Malaga. The meeting took place at the Institute for Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), from 17th to 20th September 2024. We're in the process of converting participant presentations to PDF format. Visit the meeting presentations page to download.

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IPRRG Webinar Series

IPRRG Webinar Series

The IPRRG webinar series continues! Anyone can attend one of our webinars by following the webcast link on the "IPRRG Webinar Series" page. Recordings are also available afterward via IPRRG's YouTube channel. ** Interested in presenting? contact one of the Executive Committee officers! **

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Project X - "Burgeoning Asian Trade Connectivity: Implications for International Pest Risks"

Project X - "Burgeoning Asian Trade Connectivity: Implications for International Pest Risks"

A new Group project, known by the nickname "Project X", emerged from the IPRRG 2018 meeting in Taichung, Taiwan. The project is intended to focus the skills and talents of IPRRG on a pressing global issue. A full prospectus for the project is available on the Project X page.

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EU-Forest, a high-resolution tree occurrence dataset for Europe

Achille Mauri (European Commission-Joint Research Centre) and colleagues published an article recently in Scientific Data, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal from the natureresearch group. The article describes EU-Forest, a high-resolution tree occurrence dataset for Europe. From the abstract: “We present EU-Forest, a dataset that integrates and extends by almost one order of magnitude the publicly available information on European tree species distribution. The core of our […]

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Access materials from the recent Joint EFSA-EPPO Workshop: Modelling in Plant Health

Materials are now available from the recent Joint EFSA-EPPO Workshop: Modelling in Plant Health – how can models support risk assessment of plant pests and decision-making? On 12-14 December 2016, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) held a joint workshop on Modelling in plant health – how can models […]

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Publication of the European Atlas of Forest Tree Species

The EC’s Joint Research Centre celebrated the International Day of Forests (21 March) by launching the first ever European Atlas of Forest Tree Species. A result of the collaborative efforts of leading scientists and forestry professionals, this publication provides information on the different species that can be found in European forests and the factors that threaten them, […]

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New software provides access to powerful wind dispersion models

TAPPAS – Tool for Assessing Pest and Pathogen Aerial Spread – is a new online software tool for modelling the dispersal of living organisms in near-real time. Recently released by CSIRO, TAPPAS Version 1 offers a simple user interface for researchers and collaborators to study long-distance wind dispersal by providing access to powerful dispersion and […]

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