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Ensuring plant health in a post-COVID-19 world Format 15th session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures starts today 16 March 2021, Rome: Every year, up to 40 percent of global crop production - worth over $200 billion - is lost to plant pests and diseases. The 15th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-15) - the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) - began meeting today to set standards to curb the spread of plant pests and review the state of plant health and protection worldwide. No less than a new international consciousness about plant health is being sought. In his keynote address at this morning s session, Jari Leppä, Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of Finland said that Humanity is facing a number of existential challenges. [.] It would certainly be my dream that in 30 years time the year 2020 would not only be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic, but also as the beginning of a new international consciousness about

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