1. Pest List Database for the Pacific
Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
Pest List Database for the Pacific
Ministry of Agriculture
September 2003
Dick Vernon & Makelesi Kora-Gonelevu
SPC Plant Protection Service
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2. Purpose of This Workshop
Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
Purpose of This Workshop
To give participants :
knowledge of what the PLD is & what it can do
the ability to use it themselves
For SPC to learn how it can be improved
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3. Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
The PLD in Action
Once there was a farmer.
He could grow very fine taro of a special kind, and wished to export them to Japan.
The authorities there said he had to supply them with a list of all the pests and diseases ever found on that crop in his country.
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4. The PLD in Action (cont.)
The farmer almost gave up hope.
But then someone said the Quarantine Service had a computer system that could do things like that.
So, he visited the Quarantine office and presented his problem.
Twenty minutes later he had his Pest List for Taro in his country.
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5. What Is the Pest List Database?
Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
What Is the Pest List Database?
An information system that
- records pest occurrences within a country
- provides a list of all pests found on a crop
it may also record & report pest interceptions at ports
to meet the demands of export destination countries
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6. Interception is not an Occurrence
Occurrences.
pests found living in a country.
Interceptions.
pests found at (air)ports by Quarantine; usually detected & destroyed.
The PLD keeps these two separate.
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7. It also keeps separate:
Public Records
Those that have been authenticated by an internationally recognised authority
Only Public records appear in Pest Lists
Non-Public Records
Those entered from farmers, extension staff, pest surveys etc, and not yet authenticated
These do not appear in Pest Lists
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8. So Let’s Look at the PLD…
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9. Why a Pest List Database?
Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
Why a Pest List Database?
Needed for the establishment of trade agreements & to facilitate trade.
Recommended by:
1998 Pacific Plant Protection Organisation meeting.
1999 Regional Technical Meeting on Plant Protection.
2001 Plant Protection in the Pacific meeting.
Required by International Plant Protection Convention, Article 7,2i (see next slide).
Recommendations from PPPO March 2001 Nadi Fiji
1. Country / Regional model database(s) be developed jointly by SPC and countries.
2. PICTs supply and SPC gathers & audits existing pest lists
3. Countries update their pest lists (surveys) - by 2004 (?), with support from SPC
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10. International Plant Protection Convention (Article 7,2i)
Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
International Plant Protection Convention (Article 7,2i)
“Contracting parties shall, to the best of their ability,
establish and update lists of regulated pests,
using scientific names, and
make such lists available to the Secretary,
to regional plant protection organisations of which they are members and, on request,
to other contracting parties.”
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11. Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
What else can the PLD do?
Can provide
- a list of hosts for any given pest
- a list of all weeds found in a country
a list of bibliographic references
provided always, that …
the appropriate data has been entered into the system
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12. Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
Who Uses It?
Quarantine & Plant Protection services:
The Director & Senior staff
should have access to it
should be able to use it or know how to get what they need
Frontline PP & Q staff
need to know how to use it:
enter data & generate reports
“You don’t have this on your sheet. Suggest you add a note on your sheet.”
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13. Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
Progress to date…
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14. Pest Lists Database (PLD) for the Pacific
In Conclusion:
We have provided an overview of the PLD
Now open for questions & discussion
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