U.S. sites

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA

Plant Protection and Quarantine Program
Invasive Species
Veterinary Services
Wildlife Services
Trade Support Team

Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Crop Protection and Quarantine Program
Animal Health Program

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Department—On March 1, 2003, the border inspection functions of the U.S. Customs Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and APHIS, along with the U.S. Border Patrol, were transferred to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. This new agency unifies all federal agencies responsible for border enforcement, protection, and inspection at and between the over 300 ports of entry into the United States

Invasivespecies.gov—A web portal for the U.S. government's efforts to control invasive species, maintained by the National Agricultural Library, USDA.

Species profiles

International sites

Office International des Epizooties (OIE)—An intergovernmental organisation created by the International Agreement of 25 January 1924. In May 2002, the OIE totalled 162 member countries.

Animal Production and Health Division—Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations—Includes monitoring the occurrence and impact of animal diseases, including emerging diseases, development and coordination of strategies and policies for the effective prevention and progressive control of major animal diseases, safeguarding animal and public health, and public-private synergy in the delivery of animal health and livestock services.

International Plant Protection Convention—This site provides details on this treaty. Legal texts are available for current and earlier versions of the treaty.

North American Plant Protection Organization(NAPPO)—NAPPO is a Regional Plant Protection Organization of the International Plant Protection Convention which coordinates plant resource protection efforts among Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

World Trade Organization (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures—Covers the basic rules in the WTO for an agreement on how governments can apply food safety and animal and plant health measures (sanitary and phytosanitary, or SPS, measures).

Global Invasive Species Project (GISP)—Up-to-date links to the ongoing activity of the The Economics Section of the Global Invasive Species Programme, and with information resources related to the problem of biological invasions.

U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Free trade agreements can be bilateral (between two countries) or multilateral (between several countries). In the past decade, the United States has entered into several trade agreements that liberalize the trade of goods between the participating countries. This site provides details of the agreements.

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