News / Shippers could play a vital role in dealing with insects invading cargo

Destructive Gypsy Moth Caterpillars. © Ken Cole Dreamstime.com

Discussions on how to deal with the potentially devastating effects of insects and other pests carried either on or inside cargo containers began in earnest this week at an International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) conference in London.

For the first time the IPPC, part of the food and agriculture organisation of the UN, convened a transport workshop to discuss systems to significantly reduce the risk of accidentally transporting organisms that could potentially wreak havoc outside of their natural habitat, in or ...