The Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice: A Decade Before the Courts (2015-2025)
Since its initial articulation in the early 1970s, the sphere of legislative and judicial practices regarding the right to a healthy environment (R2HE) has evolved substantially. This report identifies and examines trends and developments in the interpretation of the R2HE over a decade (2015-2025) through an analysis of the advancement of the right in thirty jurisdictions, including international and regional human rights bodies. Call Number: [EL]ISBN/ISSN: 9789280742312Physical Description: 83 p.
Ethnobotany & Ethnomedicine in Vanuatu
Traditional medicinal plants of Vanuatu Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 29 p.
Biodiscovering the value of Samoa Medicinal plants for health, heritage and livelihoods
Why medicinal plants matter to Samoa? Part of daily life & culture
Supports family health & wellbeing
Affordable & locally available
Protecting plants protects traditional knowledge
Valuing plants encourages conservationCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 18 p.
Medicinal and aromatic plants: Conserving health, heritage and livelihoods
Humanity uses up to 60,000 medicinal plant species worldwide.
Biodiversity is the basis for most patented pharmaceutic drugs, and the resource base for traditional health services to 80% of the global population, mainly in Africa, Asia and Pacific SIDS.
Nine Oceania governments engaged in the development of WHO’s traditional medicines strategy 2025-2034.Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 10 p.
The conservation of Samoa's plants
A presentation on Samoa plants presented by James Artherton during the World Wildlife Day, March 3, 2026Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 16 p.
CLOSING THE GAP Creating ecologically representative protected area systems: A guide to conducting gap assessments of protected area systems for the Convention on Biological Diversity
The following guide has been produced to help governments and others implement an aspect of one of these core elements: a gap analysis for a nation’s current system of protected areas, within the framework of the CBD. It provides background information and a step-by-step guide, outlines tools and existing information and gives some case studies, where real-life examples can help to illustrate particular points.
Report of the Third (3rd) South Pacific National Parks & Reserves Conference, Apia, Western Samoa, 24 June - 3 July 1985 : conference report (Vol. 4) : report on conference arrangements
In recognition of the need for National Parks and protected areas in the South Pacific, the New Zealand Government hosted the First South Pacific Conference on National Parks and Reserves in 1975, in association with the South Pacific
IUCN Green List
The IUCN Green List is a global campaign for successful nature conservation. At its heart is the Green List Sustainability Standard that provides a global benchmark for how to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century. The IUCN Green List offers locally relevant expert guidance to help achieve fair and effective nature conservation results in protected and conserved areas. It can help guarantee that wildlife and ecosystems can survive, thrive and bring value to communities everywhere.
Elinor
Elinor is a free and open-source monitoring tool that helps users gather, store, share, and use data on environmental governance and management to support more effective area-based conservation.
