north american plant protection organization type international organization industry trade agriculture environment founded 1976 headquarters raleigh north carolina key people stephanie bloem executive director members canada mexico united states website 1 the north american plant protection organization nappo is the phytosanitary standard setting organization recognized by the north american free trade agreement nafta . it was created in 1976 as a regional organization of the international plant protection convention ippc of the food and agriculture organization fao of the united nations . contents 1 nappo mandate 2 nappo mission 3 strategic goals 4 responsibilities 5 nappo member countries 6 external links 7 see also 8 references nappo mandate edit nappo has a global and a regional mandate . the global mandate comes from article ix of the new revised text 1997 of the international plant protection convention ippc of the food and agriculture organization fao of the united nations . the main activity under this mandate is to cooperate with the ippc secretary in achieving the objectives of the convention and where appropriate cooperating with the secretary and the commission in developing international standards . the goal of the ippc is to protect the world s cultivated and natural plant resources from the spread and introduction of plant pests while minimizing interference with the international movement of goods and people . the regional mandate for nappo was formalized by canada the united states and mexico in a cooperative agreement signed in 1976 at the minister secretary of agriculture level . the nappo constitution and bylaws confirm that nappo is accountable to the minister secretary of agriculture in nappo member countries . nappo mission edit nappo s mission is to provide a forum for public and private sectors in canada the united states and mexico to collaborate in the development of science based standards intended to protect agricultural forest and other plant resources against regulated plant pests while facilitating trade . participate in related international cooperative efforts . strategic goals edit a satellite composite image of north america . clickable map in order to accomplish this mission the following strategic goals have been established protecting plant resources and the environment capacity building communicating results building partnerships offering an effective dispute settlement mechanism working with sound management practices working with a stable funding base responsibilities edit nappo has responsibilities at the regional hemispheric and global level . regional developing regional phytosanitary standards which facilitate the safe movement of plants plant products and other regulated articles into and within the nappo region is a key responsibility . once a subject has been identified experts representing the member countries meet in order to develop s draft standard which is submitted to a wider country consultation before final approval . industry participation in the entire process is encouraged . examples of standards developed so far include standards for commodities such as potatoes stone and pome fruit trees grapevines citrus and plants for planting ; standards for the regulation of biocontrol agents products of biotechnology and non apis pollinating insects ; standards for other regulated articles such as wood packing materials and other generic standards such as accreditation of officials to issue phytosanitary certificates . in addition nappo provides technical support to the sanitary and phytosanitary committee of the north american free trade agreement . hemispheric nappo is a member of the interamerican coordinating group in plant protection which brings together the regional plant protection organizations of the americas to coordinate their efforts in protecting the hemisphere from the entry establishment and spread of regulated pests . this group provides the opportunity to discuss emerging pest situations to coordinate our control efforts and to provide technical assistance . nappo also works with other hemispheric organizations such as oirsa and cosave on topics of mutual interest . global on a global level nappo supports the secretariat of the international plant protection convention by assisting in the development of international standards for phytosanitary measures and monitoring their application in the nappo region . it works with other regional plant protection organizations by exchanging information on current phytosanitary issues at their annual technical consultation and to support the work program of the commission on phytosanitary measures of the ippc . nappo member countries edit canada united states mexico external links edit nappo website eppo website commission for environmental cooperation international plant protection convention cosave website see also edit plant protection and quarantine phytosanitary certificate references edit general references sagarpa united states department of agriculture canadian food inspection agency retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title north american plant protection organization & oldid 730651725 categories organizations established in 1976food and agriculture organizationorganizations based in raleigh north carolinahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 12 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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