The web site IPMAfrica was hacked in September, resulting in the loss of all accumulated discussion messages and user registration information. All records for both the Africa IPM Forum and the Africa Remote Sensing Data Bank were destroyed, as well as all backup files. Other valuable data were rendered unrecoverable. Informatics program leader Y. Xia has painstakingly reconstructed the Africa IPM Forum site, added security enhancement measures, and expanded options to include all major pest categories, plus several that are unique to African conditions. Use of the site is free.
Registration is required as a safety precaution.