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South - South capacity building training with the Inform Project

This plan has been developed using extensive consultation with many groups.

… contains satellite imagery for the Independent State of Samoa. The imagery was collected on March 11, 2018, August 8, …

This paper highlighted that the ability and knowledge of the Samoans to forecast the onset of extreme weather and climate events, relying predominantly on local environmental changes are vital tools that should be incorporated in the formulation of human induced climate change adaptation strategies.

… Fifteen participants from Samoa's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, took part in a refresher capacity building training on the Samoa Environment Data Portal and Indicator Reporting Tool on … environmental data for decision making and reporting. Samoa's Environment Data Portal is now online providing a way …

In addition, production losses and higher production costs arising from the disaster across all sectors (referred to as losses) are estimated at SAT 229.4 million, or US$100.6 million. Thus the total effects of the disaster amount to SAT 465 million, or US$203.9 million.

The Framework takes into account the longer-term rehabilitation and reconstruction plans of the Government and local communities with an aim to capitalize on opportunities to reinvigorate existing policies and plans for disaster risk reduction and to rebuild communities better.

This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union

This report focuses on marine turtles and attempts to give an account on the number and fate of marine turtles that were stranded on land after the tsunami waves.

… file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and …

The Protected Areas Working Group (PAWG) of the Pacific Islands Round Table for Nature Conservation recommended a forum to better connect a diverse range of people and their work relating to protected and conserved areas. To increase efficacy with respect to gaining momentum with communications and conservation work, the Pacific Islands Protected Area Portal (PIPAP) was launched.

… the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and …
… consultation on a National Used Oil Management Plan for Samoa on Tuesday. Hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources … invited all stakeholders who deal with used oils in Samoa in various capacities, whether directly or indirectly, … of Finance,  Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, Samoa Chamber of Commerce, Samoa Recycling and Waste …
… by natural enemies to help increase climate resilience in Samoa. Natural Enemies – Natural Solutions (NENS) has been …
… There was much excitement for Samoa’s newly launched Natural Enemies – Natural Solutions … natural enemy (biological control agent) already within Samoa’s borders. The Koster’s curse thrips ( Liothrips … in Fiji in 1930, and 92 years later it has been found in Samoa. This means one less invasive weed to worry about, …
 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) provides a global digital elevation model (DEM) of land areas on Earth at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second (approximately 30 meter horizontal posting at the equator).

The development of the ASTER GDEM data products is a collaborative effort between National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The ASTER GDEM data products are created by the Sensor Information Laboratory Corporation (SILC) in Tokyo.

… -  Public servants in various Government ministries in Samoa have been equipped with new knowledge on sustainable … training which brought together representatives from the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA), Ministry of Natural Resources … tools and understanding their functions in line with Samoa’s PUMA Act 2004. SPREP’s Acting Director, Environmental …