International Plant Sentinel Network

The International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) has been developed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International to facilitate collaboration amongst institutes around the world, with a focus on linking botanic gardens and arboreta, National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) and plant health scientists. The aim is for these institutes to work together in order to provide an early warning system of new and emerging plant pest and pathogen risks. Member gardens help to provide scientific evidence regarding known quarantine organisms and potential new risks to NPPOs in order to inform plant health activities and thus help safeguard susceptible plant species worldwide.