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Easy to Read Summaries of NAPPO Regional Plant
Health Standards Coming Soon to the NAPPO Website

To improve implementation and utilization of NAPPO Regional
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (RSPMs) thereby
contributing to the harmonization of phytosanitary approaches in
our region, the NAPPO Secretariat has engaged our U. S. Editor –
Lottie Erikson – to develop easy to read illustrated summaries of
our RSPMs for use by industry and NPPO stakeholders alike.

Summaries will be made available in English and Spanish and be
posted to the NAPPO website alongside each RSPM. The idea of
making available these easy-to-read summaries came from the
NAPPO Expert Group that drafted RSPM 41 – Use of Systems
Approaches to Manage Pest Risks Associated with the Movement
of Forest Products.
Thus far, Lottie has drafted four summaries that are under review
by the NAPPO Advisory and Management Committee. The
NAPPO Secretariat is responsible for finding images to illustrate
the summaries. We hope you find these materials useful!

Recent GICSV Activities Prior to the Transfer of
Coordination from NAPPO to OIRSA

The Inter-American Coordinating Group in Plant Protection (GICSV for its acronym in Spanish) is
composed of the regional plant protection organizations (RPPOs) of the Americas: CAHFSA, CAN,
COSAVE, NAPPO, and OIRSA. According to the GICSV’s constitution and by-laws, the coordination
of the steering committee will be the responsibility of one of its RPPO (Regional Plant Protection
Organization) members for a two-year term on a rotating basis. The GICSV has been under NAPPO’s
coordination since March 2021 and will transfer the coordination to OIRSA (Organismo Internacional
Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria) by the end of this month (March 2023).

The GICSV has been quite active this year, with numerous meetings scheduled for all six working
groups (WG) prior to the transfer coordination. In addition, the following webinars with simultaneous
interpretation in English and Spanish have been offered or are scheduled to be offered in the near
future:

Citrus Webinars. Over 870 people from Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize,
Costa Rica, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Uruguay, the United States, and
Venezuela, among others, took part in two webinars:

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February 2 Phytosanitary intelligence as an imminent regional strategy to prevent, suppress,
and control pests and diseases in a dynamic international context: Case study of HLB and

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