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This document presents a National Plan for the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Republic of Vanuatu. Vanuatu signed the Convention on May 21, 2002 and ratified it on September 16, 2005 after the Convention had come into force on 17 May 2004.Vanuatu has since ensured its national and international commitments to the Convention by working towards adhering to its recommendations and mandates. In order for POPs to be removed in 2008 under the POPs in PICs project, Vanuatu had to ratify the Waigani Convention. Therefore in 2005, Vanuatu signed the Waigani Convention and ratified it in June 2008. This enabled neighboring countries to aide us in the removal of POPs at the end of 2008.

The Putting Your Waste in the Right place Flipchart pages contain images and information to increase demand for and action on improved sanitation and hygiene practices, such as the construction and maintenance of toilets, handwashing with soap and access to clean water supplies

This step-by-step manual helps community leaders develop an action plan for strengthening and protecting food security as a response to the effects of climate change. It equips leaders with information and tools to increase awareness of the effects of climate change, assess the risks to food production, acquire adaptation strategies and technologies, and develop a community plan that will ensure steady food production.

This handbook is for farmers, field and extension workers and educators in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and helps strengthen food security int he face of climate change by reporting on variety if traditional and innovative farming technologies. It encourages farmers to think about and plan for the effects of climate change and other challenges to their communities.

Hands Up for Hygiene! is a teaching manual to help educators introduce good hygiene behaviour in schools in the Pacific. It is designed for a younger audience (upper primary school students), but can be tailored to suit secondary school students and the wider community. The manual guides educators in using the ‘life-skills’ approach, which focuses on teaching knowledge, attitudes and skills that help people take responsibility and develop new behaviours.

Hands up for Hygiene! is a teaching manual to help educators introduce good hygiene behaviour in schools in the Pacific. It is designed for a younger audience (upper primary school students), but can be tailored to suit secondary students and the wider community. The manual guides educators in using the 'life-skills' approach, which focuses on teaching knowledge, attitudes and skills that help people take responsibility and develop new behaviours

Designed for use by community groups, NGOs, government, private enterprises or donor bodies, this guide contains information on the importance of toilets for preventing the spread of disease, the variety of toilet designs and their construction and promotional material,.

Designed for use by community groups, NGOs, government, private enterprises or donor bodies, this guide contains information on the importance of toilets for preventing the spread of disease, the variety of toilet designs and their construction, and promotional materials.

This flipchart is designed for NGOs, community groups and agencies presenting to small groups. It uses strong imagery to highlight why good sanitation is important, what options there are for affordable and appropriate sanitation, and how communities can set up and maintain sanitation enterprises.

The number of reported small Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) driven by local communities has strongly increased in the Pacific region in the last 10 years. They are now presented as on of the main fishery and coastal management tool adapted to the context of many Pacific countries where intervention of the official agency is minimum and where the participation of community is still important.