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Welcome to the official website on national services for promoting the conservation and sustainable use of Samoa’s biological resources. This website will give you access to the national biodiversity database on plants, animals, ecosystems, conservation and protected areas of Samoa; provides you with the latest information on biodiversity research and conservation activities; and guide you on information services and contacts available to improve your knowledge of and commitment to biodiversity work in Samoa.
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Faatotoe le Muli o le Ola ; Samoa's Biodiversity Strategy
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Samoa's Biodiversity Strategy outlines the state of Samoa's biological resources and actions to curb their degradation and achieve their sustainable development. It is the country's foremost expression of commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity which she ratified on the eve of the Convention's accession.
The SBS was formulated by stakeholders of biodiversity work in Samoa through an integrated process of consultation and reflection. It was aided with expert advice and financial support from the Worldwide Fund for Nature, the South Pacific Regional Programme and the United Nations Development Programme.
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Status of Samoa's Biodiversity
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Nineteen Biogeographic Provinces have been defined in the South Pacific and Samoa falls within Province 9 along with American Samoa and Wallis & Fatuna. If Samoa is to make its contribution to the conservation of the world's biodiversity it will be necessary to define and then manage for conservation a series of representative ecosystems within Biogeographic Province 9. A review of the conservation value of a total of 226 South Pacific Islands ranked three of the islands of Samoa highly, Savaii number 23, the Aleipata Islands number 30 and Upolu number 46.
The South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme recognises Samoa as one of five countries parlicipating in the programme that are particularly important for their wealth of biodiversity. Many of the plants and animals found in these islands ecosystems are endemic, (i.e. found nowhere else) so their conservation is entirely a Samoan responsibility. |
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