[APWG] NEWS: EMPRES Plant Pest and Disease -- managing new transboundary threats

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.fao.org/ag/portal/archive/detail/en/item/8746/icode/?no_cache=1

EMPRES Plant Pest and Disease -- managing new transboundary threats
1 December 2008

New migratory plant pests are raising concerns about their potential 
impact on livelihoods, food security and global markets. EMPRES has 
started to address other invasive plant pests, adopting the successful 
Desert Locust management model to mitigate these other transboundary 
threats.

Following a decision of FAO Governing Bodies, the Emergency Prevention 
System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (EMPRES) was 
established in 1994 with the goal of enhancing world food security and 
fighting transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases, in particular 
Desert Locust and Rinderpest.

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