A critical goal of the Caribbean Plant Health Director Forum is to increase communication and the transparent exchange of sanitary information among Caribbean Countries.
The Forum envisions itself as becoming the Region’s Plant Protection Organization and at the Fifth Meeting of the CPHD Forum at Scrub Island Hotel, BVI in 2012, the forum took steps to formalize it position in the Regions’ agricultural sector which involved the election an executive to include a Chair, Co Chair and Technical Secretary to better support the activities and needs of the CPHD.
EXECUTIVE
The most recently elected executives are highlighted below.
TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS
An aspect of the CPHDs’ drive is to form a plant health organization comprising all Caribbean countries as well as a series of technical working groups (also referred to as TWGs) under the annual meeting of the CPHD Forum:
- Emergency Preparedness Plans and Mechanisms for Response
- Molluscs
- Safeguarding
- The Fruit Fly
- Palm Pest Complex
- Musa
- Communications
- CPDN
- Technical Committee on the Formulation and Prioritization of a Regional Pest List
Each of these technical working groups is lead by a Chairperson. These chairpersons are highlighted below.
