Plant Health Series: The importance of plant health in One Health
March 5 @ 14:00 - 15:00
A talk as part of the RSB Plant Health Series
This keynote address will be delivered by Sarah Brunel, Implementation and Facilitation Unit (IFU) lead at the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
The emergence and subsequent spread of pests and diseases can have a devastating economic, environmental, and public health impact across populations, affecting biodiversity, food security, and commercial trading. As new plant health threats continue to emerge, it is important to consider plant health in the context of One Health, and integrate this into appropriate practice and principles.
Effective statutory protections and standards in this area, alongside controls to stop the spread of pests, play a critical role in mitigating future plant pandemics. The IPPC aims to help implement these practices, developing international standards and procedures in this sector.
This talk will be followed by an opportunity for an audience Q&A and discussion, chaired by Professor Jeremy Pritchard FRSB, University of Birmingham.
The speaker
Sarah Brunel leads the Implementation and Facilitation Unit (IFU), which coordinates implementation, facilitation and capacity development activities such as the production of IPPC guides and training materials, phytosanitary capacity evaluations and capacity strengthening activities to address emerging pests. Sarah’s focus is on the coordination of implementation projects and management of the IFU’s workplan, including staffing, budgeting, resource mobilisation and strategies. She is the IPPC Secretariat’s lead on One Health. Sarah is also the secretariat’s liaison with organisations such as the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), Comité de Liaison Entreprenariat – Agriculture – Dévelopement (COLEAD), the European Union and the Europead Feed Safety Authority (EFSA).
Sarah is an agricultural engineer from the Institut Supérieurr d’Agriculture Rhône-Alpes (ISARA). She has a master’s degree in international affairs and another in anthropology from the Sorbonne University and the French Museum of Natural History, respectively. She has more than 20 years of national, regional and international experience in plant protection, pest and disease control policies and legistaltion, implementation of standards for phytosanitary measures, environmental protection and capacity development. She is a French national and speakers English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Audience
This event is open to all, but will be particularly relevant to scientists including those working in areas related to plant health.
Cost and booking
Bookings for this event will open in due course. If you have any questions, please email Ellie Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk
Contact
For booking, website or events queries, please contact Eleanor Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3444.