[PCA] 2020 is the United Nations International Year of Plant Health: Protecting Plants, Protecting Life

De Angelis, Patricia patricia_deangelis at fws.gov
Tue Feb 18 13:22:37 CST 2020


The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2020 the International Year of Plant Health to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development.

http://www.fao.org/plant-health-2020/about/en/

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture:

Invasive species constitute one of the most serious economic, social, and environmental threats of the 21st century. Nearly every terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic ecosystem in the United States has been invaded by non-native species, with economic losses estimated at $137 billion per year.  Invasive plants, animals, pests, and diseases are often introduced organisms that impact both natural and managed lands. As the volume of global travel and foreign imports grows, so does the threat of invasive species.

See the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Awareness Efforts in the United States, including a conference being planned for later this year:

https://nifa.usda.gov/topic/invasive-pests-and-diseases

USDA Jan. 27, 2020 news release:
https://www.seedquest.com/news.php?type=news&id_article=113580&id_region=&id_category=&id_crop=

USDA International year of Plant Health website:
https://bit.ly/2wdrNqt

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