IPSN

Join the IPSN network of over 100 botanic gardens and arboreta! Is your Botanic Garden or Arboretum interested in pest and disease initiatives? Membership is free! 🔍 Access info/resources. 🤝Collaborate globally🌍to #planthealth DM us or visit: buff.ly/490oD6O

Rejoignez @AETFAT2025 pour un atelier sur la biosécurité & santé végétale pour une conservation durable Façonnez la conservation la régionale via meilleure biosécurité & coopération transfrontalière 🗓️6 août, Ghana 📣Ouvert aux participants d’AETFAT 🔗aetfat.ug.edu.gh/aetfatcongress

Join us at @AETFAT2025 for a workshop on Biosecurity & plant health for sustainable plant conservation Help shape plant conservation in the region through better biosecurity & cross-border cooperation 🗓️6 August, Ghana 📣Open to all AETFAT attendees! 🔗aetfat.ug.edu.gh/aetfatcongress

📢Call to Action (UK-based initiative)! Help establish a baseline for key pests affecting Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) across UK botanic gardens🧐🌳 🔎Monitor trees at your site 📙Protocol & guide provided ✅Register your interest: forms.office.com/e/xvi0rsvfVh #TreeHealth #UKBotanicGarden

▶️Follow us on LinkedIn! Check out new IPSN LinkedIn Page - a space to share updates, research highlights, partner activities and global plant health news🌿🌍 Stay connected with the latest developments of our network! 👉linkedin.com/company/intern…

Deadline is approaching! 🚨 Submit your proposals for the IPSN Small Grants before the 21st of July!

At the end of June, UK-based IPSN members met in Hyde Park, London, to share ideas, new initiatives, and connect in person🤝 The day concluded with a fantastic tour of key plant health threats affecting the site. 🌿An inspiring gathering! 📖 More here: bgci.org/news-events/20…

Our Project Coordinator, Blanca B. Landa, will be representing the #BeXylProject at the upcoming BIOVEXO Cluster Webinar on July 16th! 🎤 She'll introduce BeXyl's work as part of this key collaboration with @BIOVEXO_H2020, #LifeResilience, and #NextGenBioPest. The webinar…

📢Call of UK-based IPSN organisations: Small Grants 2025/26 now open! 🌿£5,000 for 3 projects using plant collections to tackle plant health & biosecurity challenges 👩🔬Open to UK IPSN staff/students 🗓️Deadline: 21 July 2025 📩Send 1-page concept note

📰 The July 2025 edition of the IPSN newsletter is now available: bgci.org/wp/wp-content/… It includes: - New available IPSN resources - Call for Small Grants and new UK-based initiatives - Launch of IPSN LinkedIn page - Member's news - Project updates - Upcoming events & more

📢INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES📢 Are you interested in #treehealth and #forestprotection? Then why not check out our exciting new internships based at Forest Research and Kew Gardens, two of Britain’s leading research institutes! Click for more info: forestprotection.uk/2025/07/04/cfp…

In collaboration with @Forest_Research we have developed an easy-to-follow protocol for improved sampling of Sooty Bark Disease (Cryptostroma corticale)🔬🌳 Designed to enhance early detection and monitoring of this fungus 📄Protocol available: bgci.org/wp/wp-content/…

As part of the @bexylproject, IPSN & @IAS_CSIC have developed a sampling protocol to detect Xylella fastidiosa🦠 Part of @EU_ScienceHub @REA_research effort to improve our understanding & preparedness for this plant-threatening pathogen 📄Access Protocol bgci.org/wp/wp-content/…

🌳Help Monitor Canker Stain of Plane (Ceratocystis platani)! IPSN & @Forest_Research call gardens across the UK to survey this Plane Tree fungal threat🦠🔬 📄Use our protocol to set traps & aid early detection: bgci.org/wp/wp-content/… Lear more & Join👉buff.ly/3QgJWJE

🗓️The UK members & partners of the International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) will meet on 30 June at Hyde Park @theroyalparks The day will include training sessions on key projects, updates on IPSN initiatives & opportunities for collaboration 🌳🦠🪲 For joining contact us!

🚨Don't miss the next #Xylella #seminar! 'Between Promise and Reality: Evaluating Ooctonus vulgatus as a #Biocontrolagent for #Philaenusspumarius' 🎙️ Francesco Volpe, @unito 📅 June 3, 2025 🕕 18:00 CEST ✉️ Info: [email protected] @BexylP @CSIC @EFSA_EU @AuburnU

We're hiring! Join the Plant Pathology journal as a freelance Technical Reader. Part-time, flexible hours buff.ly/xQFpkLF Apply by 15 July to [email protected] #EditingJobs #PlantPathology #AcademicPublishing #Freelance

📢 Last Chance to Submit! Deadline THIS WEEK: June 8 ⏳ Contribute to our Special Issue in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change on plant health innovations, climate resilience, policy, and public engagement through sentinel plants Submit your abstract frontiersin.org/research-topic…

Call to #BotanicGarden directors and educators: How are gardens engaging with the public? #BGE2025 Survey, join the global conversation and help shape the future of biodiversity education! 🔗 Survey open now: buff.ly/3kBZoba

🚨 Job alert: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is hiring a Plant Health Officer in London, UK! Work at one of the world’s top botanic gardens, protecting the Living Collection from pests & diseases with top-tier biosecurity work🪲🦠🌿🛡️ More info: careers.kew.org/vacancy/plant-…

Join the webinar about Climate change alliance of botanic gardens horticulture forum of Royal Botanic garden of Edinburgh on 5 June, 9 am BST. Read more at buff.ly/i3PhjYM For more info about the Climate Change Alliance buff.ly/lvFaCgV