Chief Scientist
NAPPO
1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 145, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
United States of America
Teléfono:
01 (919) -617-4040
Móvil:
+52 55 5409 8876
Correo electrónico: [email protected]
Otra dirección de correo electrónico:
[email protected]
Idiomas preferidos:
English,
Spanish
Fecha de registro de contacto:
10 Oct 2024
The North American Plant Protection Organization is the phytosanitary standard-setting organization for the North American region (Canada, United States and Mexico), recognized in the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and in the recently ratified United States, Mexico and Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA). NAPPO operates according to a 2004 Cooperative Agreement that is supplementary to the original Plant Protection Agreement signed in 1976 by representatives from all three countries to promote and secure regional cooperation in the field of plant protection.
NAPPO’s Cooperative Agreement, Constitution and By-Laws, and Strategic Plan also highlight the importance of hemispheric and global collaboration in plant protection. The competent Federal Government authorities who are the official members of NAPPO, including within its governance structure, are from the national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. NAPPO is unique among RPPOs for its leadership in integrating private industry input into its decision-making and document development processes.
To date, NAPPO has developed more than 40 regional plant health standards (Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures or RSPMs) and numerous other harmonized technical documents (Science and Technology, Discussion, and Guidance documents, among others) through seamless collaboration between North American plant health regulators and private industry stakeholders. These documents are available to the public in NAPPO’s two official languages.
MISSION
The mission of NAPPO is to provide a forum for public and private sectors in Canada, the United States and Mexico to collaborate in the regional protection of agricultural, forest, other plant resources, and the environment while facilitating safe trade. Plant protection and facilitation of safe trade are achieved through the development and implementation of science-based regional standards and other plant health documents and activities directed toward preventing the introduction and spread of regulated plant pests.
On a regional level, NAPPO:
On a hemispheric level, NAPPO:
On a global level, NAPPO:
These objectives foster a scientifically sound and consistent regulatory framework for safe trade involving plants, plant products, and other regulated articles within and beyond the NAPPO region.