This Plan incorporates the Faipule District of Vaimauga West (Mulinu’u/Sogi/Savalalo/Fugalei/Saleufi, Vaimea/Aai o Fiti, Alamagoto, Apia, Togafuafua/Matafele/Tufuiopa, Taufusi, Lalovaea/Lalovaea Sasae/Palisi, Malifa/Motootua/Leufisa, Tanugamanono, Nafanua/Setema Fou, Papaloloa/Tanumaleko, Papauta/Loimata o Apaula, Vailima, Avele/Vaoala/Tiapapata, Matautu-tai/Matautu-uta, Vaiala, Vaipuna/Levili, Faatoia/Vini/Maagao, Magiagi, Moata’a, Vaivase, Toomatagi).
The village representatives participated in the preparation of this CIM Plan in partnership with the Government of Samoa.
The dataset contains a range of different Pacific regional maps developed by the SPREP GIS team and is available for use by members and partners.
This dataset holds all media resources for the State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: 2020 Regional Report
Why mynas are a problem and what methods are currently been implemented to control and/or eradicate mynas from cities, islands, and countries.
The objectives of this document include managing a number of key forest areas where the bird is still found, eliminating hunting as a threat to the birds, establishing new populations of the birds, improving our understanding of the bird through ecological research, investigating captive breeding as a conservation tactic, increasing public awareness and education about the need for bird conservation, promoting the partnerships that are necessary to implement the plan and establishing a special bird recovery group to monitor and guide plan implementation.
The Framework has been developed within the context of Samoa’s national development priorities and takes into account the need to protect the environment and human health.
Please submit new information or corrections as the reviews will be updated annually.
Preparation of the restoration plan for the OLPP NP, as well as the community consultation were funded under the GEFPAS (Global Environment Facility - Pacific Alliance for Sustainability) Regional Invasive Species Management Project
The Jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) was first recorded in Upolu in 1965, followed by the Common myna (Acridotheres tristis) in 1988 (Watling, 2001). It is believed they were introduced to control livestock ticks and unexpectedly became an invasive species; over the past two decades their populations have increased dramatically.
This document provides information regarding issues surrounding the myna: why mynas are a problem and what methods are currently been implemented to control and/or eradicate mynas from cities, islands, and countries.
Of considerable concern is that the Ma’oma’o is now rare and highly threatened. The Ma’oma’o is classified as Endangered by the IUCN, or World Conservation Union. This document sets out a series of objectives and actions that are necessary to conserve the Ma’oma’o, and Samoan birds in general, for future generations to appreciate.
Biotechnology has been used by Samoan farmers for many years to crossbreed plants and animals. However, modern biotechnology, where genes are transferred between species, is a relatively new concept in Samoa. The products of modern biotechnology are often referred to as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Bio-safety is a way of reducing the potential risks that may result from modern biotechnology and its products.
This National Biosafety Framework is for the safe transfer, handling and use of Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology
A pocket identification guide to both land and sea birds of Samoa and American Samoa.
Environment related legislation review of Samoa.
**Please submit new information or corrections as the reviews will be updated annually.**
Resources for the SPREP Inform workshop in Samoa
Redlist species of Samoa as of 09/04/2019
This brochure drew significantly from a technical publication by Deda et al. (submitted for publication to Natural Resources Forum), the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report on Island Systems by Wong et al. 2005, the report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Island Biodiversity, which met in Tenerife in 2004 and the draft programme of work on island biodiversity adopted by the Subsidiary Body for Scientifc, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) at its tenth meeting in 2005
Guidelines, brochures, Indicators and published work on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity which is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another.
Growth and Survival of the Giant Clams
Current State of Knowledge of Cetacean Threats, Diversity and Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region
Current State of Knowledge of Cetacean Threats, Diversity and Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region