EPPO FAO-REUFIS BFW Conference

‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’

Vienna, 21-23 April 2026

A conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’ was co-organized by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), the Forest Invasive Species Network for Europe and Central Asia (REUFIS) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW). It was supported by the EPPO Network of experts working on surveillance, monitoring, and control of the Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis and the Project FORSAID and was hosted by BFW in Vienna.

Further information is available at the link below: https://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2026_meetings/conf_agrilus.