In Samoa the number of species of plants and animals considered at risk of extinction has grown from 76 in 2009 to 118 in 2020, said the Samoa Conservation Society (SCS) as they celebrated their 10th anniversary on Saturday night.
The training for the S.C.S. staff and members was run by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN Oceania). S.C.S. President James Atherton said the O le Pupu Puʿe is the oldest national park in Samoa.
Villages that participate in the Save the Manumea campaign run by the Samoa Conservation Society appreciate the messages and are enforcing bans on hunting pigeons...The Save the Manumea campaign was launched in Apia in July 2019 by New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Fiame Naomi Mata’
The Uafato area on Upolu Island is of cultural and archaeological significance to Samoa and should become a permanent conservation area, according to local conservationists. That is the view of the Samoa Conservation Society President James Atherton, which was captured in a management plan o
There have been more sightings of Samoa’s endangered national bird the manumea in two different sites of the Uafato rainforest on the east coast of Upolu. The sighting of the manumea (Didunculus strigirostris) and recording of their calls were made by two teams while doing field sur
The Samoa Conservation Society (S.C.S.) has thrown its support behind efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (M.A.F.) to stop the catching and selling of undersized marine species. Officials from the Ministry, in a joint operation with the Police last week, swooped on sellers
A project seeking to eradicate the Rattan palm, an introduced plant species that once threatened Samoa's agricultural farm land and native forests, is nearing completion according to an environmentalist...The palm was introduced by the Samoa Forestry Division for trial and observation,
Work to save Samoa’s endangered national bird continues with two Manumea-friendly villages, the latest recipients of support through the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Project...the goal of the project is to support the two villages work towards improving the livelihoods of the local
The Samoa Conservation Society (S.C.S) will soon receive NZ$99,000 ($170,000 tala) in funding to support the country's conservation efforts. The funding comes courtesy of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (M.F.A.T) and was announced by the Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame N
Conservationists have ramped up efforts to locate and save Samoa’s national bird by placing recorders and cameras in rainforests across Samoa. The placing of recorders and cameras is part of the Save the Manumea Project run by the Samoa Conservation Society.
