1. IPPC – IPP training workshop VANUATU COUNTRY REPORT
23 – 27 May 2005
Suva, Fiji
VANUATU COUNTRY REPORT by
Tekon Timothy Tumukon
Sylverio Bule

2. The Republic of Vanuatu
An archipelago comprised of 82 islands in six provinces.
Vanuatu agricultural activities are mainly subsistence farming and a few commercial farming.
Economic resources based on agriculture, marine and tourism resources.
Vanuatu not a member of IPPC
Director of VQIS is the official national plant protection organization contact point.
Vanuatu national official points of entries
are Port-Vila, Luganville, Lenakel and Sola

3. National Plant Protection Organization information System
1.1- Plant Protection Act No. 14 of 1997
- Vanuatu plant protection activities are covered by the Plant Protection Act passed in the parliament in 1997.
1.2 –Database resources
- Plant protection data information by Peter Maddisson
- The Vanuatu Pest List Database, set up by SPC
1.3 – Phytosanitary requirements.
- Import specifications manual
- Bilateral quarantine agreement

4. 2. NPPO INFORMATION EXCHANGE 2.1 – VQIS plant protection structure
Director
Principal Plant Protection Officer
Senior Quarantine Officer
Senior Plant Protection Officer
Quarantine
Officer (south)
Quarantine
Officer (south)
Quarantine
Officer (north)
Plant Protection Officer (fruit fly)
Plant Protection Officer (general)
Ass. Plant Protection
Officer (F/F)
Ass. Plant Protection
Officer
Ass. Plant Protection
Officer
Ass. Quarantine
Officer
Ass. Quarantine
Officer
Ass. Quarantine
Officer
Quarantine Technical Assistant
Quarantine Technical Assistant
Quarantine Technical Assistant

5. 2.2 – Pests and diseases reporting system
- Passive surveillance
- Active surveillance
2.3 – Emergency Disease & Pest Response (EDPR)
- General EDPR Developed in 1998
- Fruit fly emergency response plan developed in 2000
- Carried out according to ISPM revision 1 & 2
2.4 – Pest Risk Analysis
- No proper guideline developed for national plant protection section We are using FAO guidelines.

6. 2.5 – NPPO Information links with other organizations
25.1 – Internal links
-Government departments
- Provincial institutions
- NGO’s
- Schools
- Farmers and general public
25.2 – International links
- SPC
- FAO
- Other plant protection and quarantine organizations

7. 3. – OTHER MEANS OF INFORMATION ACCESS
3.1 – Internal access
- Government institutions
- Provinces
- Farmers
- General public
3.2 – External sources
- Plant protection organizations
- Quarantine authorities
- Internet access through Telecom Vanuatu Limited (TVL)

8. 4. CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS
4.1 Plant protection
Specialized long-term training in pathology and entomology
Short term training for assistant officers
Increase number of officers
- Long-term training in bio-control weed.
4.2 Quarantine
Tailored training as cross-skilled officers performing P/P duties
Border control training

9. TANKIO TUMAS