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
A national training for government officers across the environment and fisheries sectors as well as non-government organisations co-organised and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE)
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
Samoa's Minister for Natural Resources and Environment is among 20 founding members of the Pacific Parliamentarians’ Alliance on Deep Sea Mining. Toesulusulu Cedric Schuster and his Pacific parliament colleagues agreed to form the Pacific Parliamentarians’ Alliance on Deep Sea Mining (PPADS
The Pulemelei stone mound in Savai’i is archaeologically significant to Polynesia and the Pacific and should become a heritage site in Samoa. That is the view of retired 92-year-old Australian geologist Tuapou Warren Jopling who has lived in Savai’i for over 40 years and has published a book
The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement that the crew from the U.S.
The moisture-laden cloud forest of Savai’i is potentially a heritage site for Samoa, says the head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. The Ministry’s C.E.O.
A number of sites in Samoa with the potential to be listed as part of the country’s natural heritage will need funding and resources according to experts. Samoa Conservation Society (S.C.S.) President James Atherton told the Samoa Observer on Monday that they are committed to assisting commu
Samoa has set her sights on planting three million trees, and possibly more, to protect the environment and fight back against the adverse impact of climate change. As of 2020, more than 2 million trees had been planted by school children, community based groups, N.G.Os, sports people and ot
The Samoa Conservation Society (S.C.S.) is currently doing work on endemic plant species and has already identified 108 to study in more detail and work towards their preservation. The S.C.S.