Last updated: December 2006
Plant Protection Organization Chart
Important Contact Addresses
Responsible Department
Australian
Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) Ms Joanna Hewitt, Secretary
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Switchboard: (+61) 2
6272 3933
Website: http://www.affa.gov.au/
Address for nominations
–
Operational Offices:
Plant Protection
Office of the Chief
Plant Protection Officer
Ms Lois Ransom,
Chief Plant Protection Officer
Product
Integrity, Animal and Plant Health
Australian Government
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel:
(+61) 2 6272 6534
Fax: (+61) 2 6272 5835
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.daff.gov.au/planthealth
Plant Quarantine
Australian
Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) (inspections, permits)
Mr Peter Yuile, Executive Director
PO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: (+61) 2 6272 3933
Plant Biosecurity
Ms Louise van
Meurs, General Manager
Biosecurity Australia
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: (+61) 2 6272 4042
Fax: (+61) 2 6272 3307
E-mail: [email protected]
Surveillance, Pest Outbreaks and Invasive Species Management
Office
of the Chief Plant Protection Officer
State/Territory Departments of Agriculture
Pesticide Registration
Australian
Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Dr Joe Smith, Chief
Executive Officer
Dr Eva
Bennet-Jenkins, Program Manager Pesticides
Amtech Park | Mailing Address: | |
18 Wormald Street | P.O. Box E240 | |
Symonston ACT 2609, Australia | Kingston ACT 2604, Australia | |
Tel: (+61) 2 6210 4700 | ||
Fax: (+61) 2 6210 4776 | ||
E-mail: [email protected] | ||
Website: http://www.apvma.gov.au/ |
Official International Contact Points
National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) Contact Point (for IPPC/APPPC)
Office of the Chief
Plant Protection Officer
Ms LoisRansom,
Chief Plant Pr otection Officer
Australian Government
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel:
(+61) 2 6271 6534
Fax: (+61) 2 6272 5835
E-mail:
IPPC [email protected];
Website: https://www.ippc.int/servlet/
CDSServlet?status=ND1ucHBvYXUmNj1lbiYzMz0qJjM3PWtvcw~~;
www.daff.gov.au/plantippc
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=D2C48F86-BA1A-11A1-A2200060B0A00294(en)
Date received:
21March2006, Official Correspondence
Australian IPPC
Secretariat
Ms Julia Rymer
(Executive Officer)
Tel:
(+61) 2 6272 4837
Fax: (+61) 2 6272 5835
E-mail: [email protected]
WTO-SPS Contact Point
Australian Government
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel:
(+61) 2 6272 5242
Tel:
(+61) 2 6272 3678
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.daffa.gov.au/market-access-trade/sps
Rotterdam Convention (PIC) DNA Pesticides (P)
Technical
and International Policy
Dr Angelo
Valois
Product
Integrity, Animal and Plant Health
Australian Government
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel:
(+61) 2 6272 5566
Fax: (+61) 2 6272 5697
E-mail: [email protected]
Stockholm Convention (POP) National Focal Point (P)
Chemical Policy
Mr
Chris Mobbs, Assistant Director
Australian Government
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel:
(+61) 2 6274 2385
Fax: (+61) 2 6274 2060
E-mail: [email protected]
Basel Convention Competent Authority (CA) and Focal Point
Hazardous
Waste Section
Manager
Australian Government
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel:
(+61) 2 6274 1411
Fax: (+61) 2 6274 1164
E-mail:[email protected]
Montreal Protocol Focal Point
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Selected Country Statistics
Agricultural Population |
0.87 million |
Agricultural Land |
48.3 million ha |
GDP $410 590 million |
Agric. GDP: 2.9% |
GNI per capita: $26 900 |
Undernourishment: 2.5% |
Main crops grown: |
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GDP = Gross Domestic Product; GNI = Gross National Income; Hunger = Population below minimum energy requirement |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
1908 Quarantine Act
Web
source for further information:
see
IPP for more information
http://www.daff.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=D2C48F86-BA1A-11A1-A2200060A1B00706
Policies (regarding plant quarantine) |
Yes |
No |
Does phytosanitary legislation cover domestic quarantine? |
x |
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Does phytosanitary legislation cover import quarantine? |
x |
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Does phytosanitary legislation cover export quarantine? |
x |
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Does phytosanitary legislation cover living modified organisms? |
x |
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Is plant quarantine a separate organization from animal quarantine? |
x |
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Other policy initiatives (under review/progress) |
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Web source for further information: – |
Organization of Plant |
Responsible Organizational Unit |
Pest Risk Analysis |
DAFF/Biosecurity Australia |
National standards development |
DAFF |
International notifications |
DAFF/OCPPO |
Import: |
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Import permits | DAFF/AQIS |
Import inspections |
DAFF/AQIS |
Emergency action |
DAFF/PIAPH/OCPPO |
Export: |
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Phytosanitary certificates |
DAFF/AQIS |
Treatment of commodities |
Certified service providers |
Infrastructure |
Year: 2005 |
Number of plant quarantine officers authorized to inspect/certify |
2,800 |
Total qualified personnel for plant pest risk analysis |
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Number of quarantine offices |
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entry points (sea/air/land/mail = total) |
13/23//0 = 36 |
post-entry plant quarantine containment facilities |
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other offices | |
Number of quarantine service diagnosis laboratories |
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In-country recognized pest diagnostics capabilities (incl. universities, etc.) |
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Number of laboratories for insect/mite (arthropod) samples |
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Number of laboratories for bacteria samples |
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Number of laboratories for virus samples |
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Number of laboratories for fungus samples |
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Number of laboratories for mycoplasma samples |
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Number of laboratories for nematode samples |
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Number of laboratories for plant/weed samples |
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Number of laboratories for other pests (snail, slug, rodents, etc.) |
Pest-Free Areas |
Responsible
Organizational Unit |
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Overall management |
States/territories |
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– surveillance | ||
– management |
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– certification |
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List of target pest species and crops ISPM 4 |
Number of sites in [year] | |
Queensland Fruit Fly |
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Mediterranean Fruit Fly |
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List of target pest species and crops I SPM 10 |
Number of sites in [year] |
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Web source for further information: Information provided to IPPC in response to pest free areas survey |
Key Situation Indicators
International Trade |
Year: |
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Main Import Plant Commodities |
Main countries/areas of origin |
Quantity (tons) |
Main Export Plant Commodities |
Main destination countries |
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Cooperation Projects |
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Title (Purpose/Target) |
Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
SPS Capacity Building Programme for ASEAN |
AusAID |
2004-2007 |
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See SPS paper G/SPS/GEN/717 |
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Title of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
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Key Operation Indicators
Institutional Functions |
Year: |
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Number of import permits issued |
1.3 million |
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Number of import inspections carried out |
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Number of emergency phytosanitary treatments taken on imports |
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Number notifications of non-compliance |
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Number of conventional phytosanitary certificates issued |
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Number of electronic phytosanitary certificates issued |
Number of quarantine pests intercepted |
Year: |
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Top three commodity | Top three pest/commodity |
# of interceptions |
Lists of Regulated Pests |
Year of last update |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
Number of quarantine pests |
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Number of regulated non-quarantine pests |
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Number of regulated import articles |
15 IRA (Import Risk Analysis) |
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Web source for further information: see IPP |
Pest Risk Analysis |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
No. of PRA completed and documented (according to ISPM) |
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PRA
included in the IRA: completed for 15 commodities/countries of origin, 9
currently under review. SEE LINK AT IPP. |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Implementation of ISPM |
RelevanceI |
Implementation |
Planned/Actual |
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International Measures |
low |
medium |
high |
none |
partial |
most |
full |
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ISPM 01 Principles of plant quarantine as related to international trade |
x |
x |
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ISPM 02 Guidelines for pest risk analysis |
x |
x |
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ISPM 03 Code of conduct for the import and release of exotic biological control agents |
x |
x |
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ISPM 04 Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas |
x |
x |
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ISPM 05 Glossary of phytosanitary terms |
x |
x |
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ISPM 06 Guidelines for surveillance |
x |
x |
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ISPM 07 Export certification system |
x |
x |
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ISPM 08 Determination of pest status in an area |
x |
x |
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ISPM 09 Guidelines for pest eradication programmes |
x |
x |
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ISPM 10 Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites |
x |
x |
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ISPM 11 Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests |
x |
x |
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ISPM 12 Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates |
x |
x |
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ISPM 13 Guidelines for the notification of noncompliance and emergency action |
x |
x |
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ISPM 14 The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management |
x |
x |
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ISPM 15 Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade |
x |
x |
1 May 2006 | |||||
ISPM 16 Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application |
x |
x |
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ISPM 17 Pest reporting |
x |
x |
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ISPM 18 Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure |
x |
x |
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ISPM 19 Guidelines on lists of regulated pests |
x |
x |
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ISPM 20 Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system |
x |
x |
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ISPM 21 Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests |
x |
x |
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ISPM 22 Requirements for the establishment of areas of low pest prevalence |
x |
x |
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ISPM 23 Guidelines for inspection |
x |
x |
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ISPM 24 Guidelines
for the determination and |
x |
x |
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ISPM 25 Consignments in transit |
x |
x |
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ISPM 26 Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae) |
x |
x |
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ISPM 27 Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests |
x |
x |
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Comments/Constraints |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules for Surveillance, Pest Reporting and Emergency Actions
–
Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding invasive/migratory species management) |
Yes |
No |
National strategy to control serious field pest outbreaks? |
x |
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National strategy to control migratory or periodically occurring pests? |
x |
|
National strategy to eradicate serious newly invaded exotic pests? |
x |
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Other policies: (e.g. subsidies, etc.) |
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Web source for further information: www.outbreak.gov.au http://www.daff.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=84D90915-8340-434B-9677E0D0B5C54D2F |
Organization of Outbreak |
Responsible
Organizational Unit |
Field/Storage Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. BPH, bollworm, etc.) |
Response strategy/plans |
DAFF/PIAPH/OCPPO |
Surveillance |
States/territories |
Control | |
Migratory Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. locusts, birds, armyworm) |
Response strategy/plans |
DAFF/PIAPH/APLC, Queensland, NSW, Victoria, |
Surveillance |
DAFF/PIAPH/APLC; State Departments in Queensland, NSW, |
Control | |
New Exotic Pest Eradication |
(e.g. coconut beetle) |
Response strategy/plans |
DAFF/PIAPH/OCPPO |
Surveillance |
States and territories |
Control/eradication |
DAFF/PIAPH/OCPPO + states/territories |
Reporting to bilateral or international organizations |
DAFF/OCPPO |
Infrastructure |
Year: |
Number of designated staff for surveillance of field pests of national importance |
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Number of designated staff for surveillance of migratory and periodically occurring pests |
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Number of designated staff for surveillance of invasive species |
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Number of designated staff for control of field pests of national importance |
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Number of designated staff for control of migratory and periodically occurring pests |
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Number of designated staff for eradication of invasive species |
Key Situation and Operation Indicators
(Outbreaks and invasions in the past 2 years)
New exotic species found established in country |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Weeds |
Total number for year: |
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Total number for year: |
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Total number on record |
Eradication or internal quarantine actions taken against economically important species |
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Name of species |
Citrus cancer |
Current lettuce aphid |
European house borer |
Year of first discovery |
2004 | ||
Passway | |||
Location of first discovery |
Queensland |
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Area affected [ha] |
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Area treated [ha] |
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Control method |
Host destruction |
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Expenditures |
Pest outbreak actions |
Outbreak 1 |
Outbreak 2 |
Outbreak 3 |
Name of species |
Australian
Plague |
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Year of outbreak |
2006/07 |
2006/07 |
2006/07 |
Area affected [ha] |
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Estimated damage $ |
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Area treated by government [ha] |
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Expenditures by government [$] |
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Control method |
Ground
and aerial |
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More information |
NB APLC is not national and only deals with some areas of relevant states where migration is across state borders of Qld, NSW, Victoria and SA |
Western Australia |
Victoria |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
|
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules for Pest Management
–
Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding pest management) |
Yes |
No |
Do you have policies encouraging organic or low-pesticide use production |
x |
|
Is IPM specifically mentioned in laws or policy documents? |
x |
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Do you have official Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) or any other relevant food safety (ecofood, etc.) standards for pest management? |
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Is pest management extension separate from general extension? |
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Other policies: (subsidies, production inputs, etc.) |
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Web source for further information: – |
Organization of Plant |
Responsible Organizational Unit |
Policy development |
Australian Government, states and territories |
Pest management research |
States and territories |
Control recommendations |
States and territories |
Pest management extension |
States and territories |
IPM training |
States and territories |
GAP training |
Infrastructure |
Year: |
Number of technical officers for pest management |
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Number of central, regional, provincial or state offices |
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Number of district and village level field offices |
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Number of field/extension agents for pest management advice |
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Number of field/extension agents trained in IPM-FFS facilitation |
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Number of government biocontrol production/distribution facilities |
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Number of government biopesticide production/distribution facilities |
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Number of general extension staff involved in pest management |
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Number of designated plant protection technical officers for extension |
Key Situation and Operation Indicators
Pest Management |
Yes |
No |
Does the country have a National IPM Programme? If yes, give Name and Address of IPM Programme: |
x |
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Does the country have specific IPM extension programmes? If yes, in which crops?: |
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Does the country have specific IPM research programmes? If yes, in which crops?: |
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Does the country have specific GAP extension programmes? If yes, in which crops?: |
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Does the country have specific GAP research programmes? If yes, in which crops?: |
Market shares (estimated value, volume or area under control; or percent) |
Year: |
Size of chemical pest control market |
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Size of biopesticides market |
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Size of biological control agents market |
Major pest control requiring crops (requiring most pesticide applications) |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Affected crop |
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Name(s) of pest(s) |
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Estimated crop loss |
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Affected area |
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Number of pesticide applications or amount of pesticide used |
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Government action taken |
Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target |
Donor |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
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Pest Management Extension |
Year: |
Number of farmers trained in IPM during the year |
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Number of IPM-FFS conducted during the year |
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Number of farmers trained in GAP standards during the year |
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Area under IPM/low pesticide management [ha] |
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Area under organic/pesticide-free management [ha] |
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Crops in which IPM or other ecology friendly programmes are successfully implemented: |
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Crops grown organic/pesticide-free: |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 [No. 47 of 1994]
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 [No. 36 of 1994]
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act
1994 [No.
41 of 1994]
Agricultural and
Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 [No. 262 of 1992]
See Comlaw site
Web source: http://www.apvma.gov.au/about_us/legislat.shtml
List of registered products: http://www.apvma.gov.au/actives/standards_actives.shtml
Policies (regarding pesticide management) |
Yes |
No |
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Do you have national pesticide reduction targets? If yes, what is the target: ____________ |
x |
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Have you ratified the Rotterdam (PIC) Convention? |
x |
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Have you ratified the Stockholm (POP) Convention? |
x |
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Have your ratified the Basel Convention? (hazardous wastes) |
x |
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Have your ratified the Montreal Protocol? (MeBr phasing-out) |
x |
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Have you reported the observance of the Code of Conduct to FAO according to Art. 12 of the Code? |
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Have you adopted Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)? |
x |
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Pesticide Registration |
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Do you require pesticides to conform to relevant FAO or WHO specifications? |
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Do you allow the “me-too” registration and sale of generic pesticides? |
x |
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Do you require data on product equivalence for generic registration? |
x |
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Do you conduct country-specific risk assessments for… |
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occupational risks? |
x |
|
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consumer risks? |
x |
|
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environmental risks? |
x |
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Have you adopted the Global Harmonized System (GHS) for pesticides hazards evaluation and labelling? |
Not |
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Do you accept evaluation results from other countries? Note: Yes, with qualifications |
Note |
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Do you accept field studies conducted in other countries? |
x |
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Do you require environmental fate studies? |
x |
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Incentives/Disincentives |
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Do you have a special tax on pesticides to cover externality costs? |
x |
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Do you subsidize or provide low-cost pesticides? |
x |
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Do you subsidize or provide low-cost biopesticides? |
x |
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Other policies: |
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Web source for further information: – |
Organization of Plant |
|
Legislation | DAFF APVMA |
Registration | ()/APVMA |
Licensing of shops |
Nil |
Licensing of field applicators |
States |
Enforcement/inspections |
States/territories & APVMA for supply |
Testing of pesticide efficacy |
APVMA requires of applicant |
Development of pesticide use recommendations |
APVMA |
Safe use training/extension |
States/territories |
Food residue monitoring |
DAFF/PIAPH/Natl. Residue Survey |
Environmental monitoring |
DAFF/PIAPH/Natl. Residue Survey |
Health monitoring |
(DAFF)/APVMA/Adverse Experience Reporting Programme |
Other Stakeholders: |
|
Pesticide Industry Association |
CropLife Australia, ACCORD, PACIA |
Civil Society
Organizations |
Infrastructure |
Year: |
Number of registration officers |
(depends how define) |
Number of enforcement officers |
States – unknown |
Number of department quality control laboratories |
none |
Number of quality control laboratory personnel |
none |
Number of department residue analysis laboratories |
National Residue Survey Labs |
Number of residue laboratory personnel |
unknown |
Key Situation Indicators
Pesticide Trade: 2004-2005 |
Tons |
US$ ’000 Value |
|
Imports | |||
Manufacture | |||
Export | |||
Domestic Use/Sales |
1 851 222 |
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Pesticide Use Profile: |
Tons |
US$ ’000 Value |
|
Agriculture | |||
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Chem. Insecticides |
246 164 |
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Chem. Fungicides |
124 687 |
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Chem. Herbicides |
398 170 |
|
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Chem. Others e.g. molluscicide,acaricide |
204 437 |
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Other e.g. Avamectrin, Bt, Neem |
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Other purposes |
564 556 |
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TOTAL |
Post Registration Monitoring
Testing, Quality Control and Effects in the Field |
Yes |
No |
Do you have significant problems with low-quality pesticides in the market? |
x |
|
Do you have significant problems with pesticide resistance? |
x |
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Do you have a list of pesticides under close observation for problems |
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Source for more information: – |
Health and Environmental Information |
Yes |
No |
Do you maintain data on pesticide poisoning cases? |
x |
|
Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in food? |
x |
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Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in the environment? |
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Do you have significant problems of environmental contamination from pesticides? |
x |
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Do you have data on pesticides effects on wildlife and ecosystems? |
x |
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Source for more information: – |
Pesticide Disposal |
Yes |
No |
Do you have system to collect and safely dispose of used containers and small quantities of left-over pesticides? |
x |
|
Do you have an inventory of outdated and obsolete pesticides in the country? (e.g. banned and no longer traded, but still in storage) |
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Do you have illegal trade in pesticides? if yes: what is the estimated amount: _______________ |
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Source for more information: – |
Key Operation Indicators
Registration/Regulation/Monitoring |
Year: |
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a.i.* |
Trade Name |
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Number of registered pesticide products |
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Number of registered biopesticides (Avamectrin, Bt, Neem, etc.) |
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Number of restricted-use pesticides/formulations |
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Number of banned pesticides | |||
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Number of licensed outlets |
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Number of licensed field applicators (professional and/or farmers) | |||
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Number of licensing violations reported during year | |||
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Number of quality control analyses conducted during year | |||
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Number of food samples analyzed for pesticide residues during year |
20 322 |
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Number of samples exceeding MRL |
26 |
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Number of environmental samples an |
alyzed for pesticide residues |
126 (wild fish) |
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* active ingredient | |||
List of registered products: http://www.apvma.gov.au/actives/standards_actives.shtml |
Pesticides Restricted in Recent Years |
|
Year |
Name of active ingredient or hazardous formulation |
pre-construction termiticide product containing chlorpyrifos |
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pindone that is a concentrate and for which the relevant label instructions require further mixing with carriers before it is ready to use as a bait |
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Endosulfan | |
mevinphos |
Pesticides Banned in Recent Years |
|
Year |
Name of active ingredient |
2004 |
Those chemicals listed in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for which Australia has not registered an exemption |
Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target | Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
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Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Last updated: December 2006
Genetically Modified Crops |
|
Name of GMO Crop |
Area under Cultivation [ha] |