Scientific Publications

Bennett, J.G. (1989). The soils of the proposed Santo industrial forest plantation, Vanuatu (ODNRI Bulletin 25). http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/11106/1/Doc-0236.pdf

Bonzon, B., Podwojewski, P., Bourdon, E., L’Huillier, L. & De Monpezat, P. (1991): Recherches préliminaires pour le développement de la culture du cocotier sur les petits archipels du Pacifique Sud. ORSTOM, Noumea, 280 p. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers09-08/010022100.pdf

Brookfield, H. & Humphreys, G. (1998). An ancient land management practice in Raga, North Pentecost, Vanuatu. Le voyage inachevé... a Joël Bonnemaison, 305-10. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers4/010017334.pdf

Claridge, C.C.G. (1981): Economic potential of clay deposits in selected South Pacific countries. NZ Soil Bureau Record 76. DSIR, New Zealand. http://doi.org/10.7931/DL1-SBREC-076

Dumas, P. & Fossey, M. (2009). Mapping Potential Soil Erosion in the Pacific Islands. A case study of Efate Island (Vanuatu). In 11ème Inter-Congrès des Sciences du Pacifique et 2èmes Assises de la Recherche française dans le Pacifique. Les Pays du Pacifique et leur environnement océanique face aux changements locaux et globaux [11th Inter-Congress of Pacific Sciences and 2nd Conference of French Research in the Pacific. Pacific countries and their oceanic environment facing local and global changes].

Farran, S. (2002), Land in Vanuatu: Moving Forward, Looking Backward, Revue Juridique Polynesienne, Vol. 2. https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/law/research/publications/about-nzacl/publications/special-issues/hors-serie-volume-ii,-2002/farran.pdf

Ferrandon, M., Wass, Y. & Dowling, A.J. (2004). Hedgerows and mulch as means of reducing soil losses and maintaining soil fertility in Vanuatu. Ground and water bioengineering for erosion control and slope stabilization, 283-290.

Latham, M. (1982). French soil classifications and their application in the South Pacific Islands. In Proceedings of the South Pacific Regional Forum on Soil Taxonomy (pp. 185-200). The University of South Pacific.

Melteras, M., O’Sullivan, J., Asher, C. & Lebot, V. (2004). Comparison of soil tests with plant response to nutrients in selected soils of Vanuatu. In Proceedings of the 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane Australia, September 2004. http://www.regional.org.au/au/asa/2004/poster/2/5/3/1389_melterasm.htm

Quantin, P. (1975). Soils of the New Hebrides islands, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London. B. 272: 287-292.

Quantin, P. (1985). Characteristics of the Vanuatu Andosols, in E. Fernandez Caldas & Dan H. Yaalon (Eds): Volcanic Soils, Catena Supplement 7, Braunschweig, p 99-105. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_23-25/29189.pdf

Quantin, P. (1992). Les sols de l'archipel volcanique des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Vanuatu): étude de la pédogenèse initiale en milieu tropical [The soils of the volcanic archipelago of the Vanuatu (New Hebrides). A study of initial pedogenesis processes in the mid Tropics]. ORSTOM, Paris, 498 pp. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295944015_Archipel_des_Nouvelles-Hebrides_sols_et_quelques_donnees_du_milieu_naturel

Radcliffe, C., Rihai, N., Parissi, C. & Raman, A. (2018). More than a political slogan: the value of 'kastom' in extension for sustainable agricultural in Vanuatu. Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal, 14(1), 91-100.
https://search.informit.org/doi/pdf/10.3316/informit.563546973739721

Roupsard, O., Bonnefond, J.M., Jourdan, C., Epron, D., Irvine, M.R., Berbigier, P., ... & Labouisse, J.P. (2002). Carbon sequestration by coconut plantations in Oceania (Vanuatu). CNES.

Siméoni, P. & Lebot, V. (2012). Spatial representation of land use and population density: Integrated layers of data contribute to environmental planning in Vanuatu. Human ecology, 40, 541-555.
https://www.nab.vu/sites/default/files/nab/documents/simeoni_lebot_2012_land_use_0.pdf

USP (2023): Vanuatu Soil Sampling and Analysis – Final report. Discipline of Agriculture and Food Technology, School of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences, USP Samoa Campus, Apia. https://www.pacificmet.net/sites/default/files/inline-files/documents/Attachment%208_Vanuatu%20Soil%20Sampling%20and%20Analysiss.pdf

Viranamangga, R.M. (2003). Land degradation due to the agricultural and forestry development in Vanuatu. In National Environment Conference January, 2003 (pp. 481-485). Brisbane, Qld.: Environmental Engineering Society, Queensland Chapter.

Yeates G.W., Cox, J.E., Ross, D.J., Stout, D.J. (1981): Biology and biochemistry of the soil profile below a Kauri (Agathis australis Salisb.) tree. NZ Soil Bureau Scientific Report 51. DSIR, New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.7931/DL1-SBSR-51


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