Title: Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) Training
1Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) Training
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
CFIA-ACIA
2International Steering Committee
3Aims
- Provide participants with an understanding of the
purpose of PRA - Develop skills to conduct PRA
- Provide hands-on experience in PRA
- Provide international examples
- Develop self-confidence in PRA
4Course Materials
- Participants Manual
- Group Exercise Manual
- Slides and Presentations Manual
- International Standards for Phytosanitary
Measures No. 1-24
5What to Expect
- Lectures and Discussions
- Practical Exercises
- Interactive
- Provide your input
6The International Plant Protection
Convention(IPPC)
Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) Training
7Outline
- The Convention (IPPC)
- Scope
- Key Principles
- Standard setting
8Outline
- The Convention (IPPC)
- Scope
- Key Principles
- PRA Standards
9What is the IPPC?
- Multilateral treaty for international cooperation
in plant protection - Nearly 160 countries
- From Albania to Zambia
- A standard setting organization
10Aim of the IPPC
- Prevent introduction spread of pests
- Promote fair safe trade
- Protect plant life
11Scope of the IPPC
- IPPC covers wide range of plants protects them
from a wide range of pests - plants cultivated plants and wild flora
- plant pests invertebrates, diseases and weeds
- harm includes direct indirect effects
12Scope of the IPPC
- Extends to items capable of harbouring or
spreading pests, such as - storage places
- conveyances
- Includes intentional introductions of organisms,
such as - biological control organisms
- research, industrial or other organisms
13Key principles
- Countries have the right to use phytosanitary
measures - Measures should be
- only applied when necessary
- technically justified
- no more restrictive than necessary to address
risk - non-discriminatory
- transparent
14Obligations
- National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO)
- Regulate imports
- Publish phytosanitary requirements
- Conduct surveillance, treatments and certify
exports - Share information on pests and regulations
- Notify trading partners of non-compliance
15International Plant Protection Convention
Plant protection safe trade
Transparent
All types of plants
IPPC
Justified
All types of pests
Consistent with level of risk
Other pathways
16World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Responsible for establishing rules of trade
between nations - IPPC is the recognized international standard
setting body for plant health under the WTO-SPS
17WTO - SPS Agreement
- Phytosanitary measures should be
- consistent with international standards
- justified by scientific principles and evidence
- harmonized to the extent possible
- transparent / notified / non-discriminatory
- only as restrictive as necessary to meet the
appropriate level of protection
18International regulatory framework
IPPC
The IPPC makes provision for trade in a plant
protection agreement...
the SPS makes complementary provisions for plant
protection in a trade agreement
19Other international agreements
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Protecting biodiversity
- Invasive alien species
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- Genetically modified organisms
20International regulatory framework
IPPC
CBD
Protecting biological diversity
Plant protection
Cartagena Protocol
LMOs
Trade
Trade
21International regulatory framework
Plant protection
IPPC
CBD
LMOs
Biological diversity
Trade
22Focus on IPPC
Standards Setting
IPPC
Commission on Phytosanitary Measures
Information Sharing
Technical Assistance
Secretariat
Expert Working Groups
Technical Panels
23Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM)
- Governing body for the IPPC, works by consensus
- Reviews global plant protection needs and sets
the annual work programme - Develops and adopts International Standards for
Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) - Promotes technical assistance and information
exchange
24International Standards for Phytosanitary
Measures (ISPMs)
- ISPMs
- provide guidance to member countries in
implementing national programs and fulfilling
requirements of the IPPC - may be very general (e.g., Glossary, Principles
etc.), or highly specific (e.g., Pest status,
Solid wood packaging etc.)
25Diversity of ISPMs
Country Consultation in 2006
Specific Issues
General Guidelines
No. 6 surveillance No. 17 pest reporting No.
23 - inspection
Debarked bark-free wood Low pest prevalence
for fruit flies Treatments for regulated pests
No. 1 principles No. 5 glossary of terms No.
19 pest lists
26PRA
- Key to adhering to IPPC principles is application
of pest risk analysis as a decision-making
process - Impacts on all aspects of phytosanitary programs
import, domestic programs, exports - Guidance provided in ISPMs
27PRA-specific ISPMs
- ISPM No. 2
- Framework for pest risk analysis, revision for
approval by CPM in March 2007 - ISPM No. 3
- Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and
release of biological control agents and other
beneficial organisms, 2005 - ISPM No. 11
- Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests including
analysis of environmental risks and living
modified organisms, 2004 - ISPM No. 21
- Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine
pests
28PRA-specific ISPMs
- ISPM No. 2
- Framework for pest risk analysis (2007)
- ISPM No. 3
- Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and
release of biological control agents and other
beneficial organisms, 2005 - ISPM No. 11
- Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests including
analysis of environmental risks and living
modified organisms, (2004) - ISPM No. 21
- Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine
pests
29IPPC
- IPPC is global
- Aim is to protect plants, prevent spread of
pests, promote trade - Measures applied only when necessary, technically
justified, no more restrictive than necessary,
non-discriminatory, transparent - PRA supports principles of IPPC
- ISPMs provide guidance