News Published: 15 October 2026

The International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) has released its September 2026 newsletter, packed with new resources, survey updates, and upcoming events for botanic gardens and arboreta working to protect plant health. Newsletter highlights include:

• Recap of the IPSN UK Autumn meeting at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, where members shared project updates and helped develop the new Biosecurity Pathways Risk Analysis (BPRA) tool
• New and updated resources, including the Identification and Reporting Manual (now in English, French, and Spanish), updated biosecurity posters and signage, and the BeXyl educational kit on Xylella fastidiosa, now translated into English and French
• Survey updates on beech and hawthorn monitoring in the UK, emerald ash borer and ash dieback surveys across Eastern Europe, and summer target surveys and digital trap-data testing in Belgium
• A new blog post, ‘Heading To The Beech’, penned by veteran entomologist Chris Malumphy