๐’๐€๐…๐„๐†๐”๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€’๐’ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐“๐„๐€๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐•๐€๐‹๐”๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐€๐‘๐„๐€๐’ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐€๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐„๐ ๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐’ (๐ˆ๐€๐’) – ๐€๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• – ๐Œ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐’๐€๐…๐„๐†๐”๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐€’๐’ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐“๐„๐€๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐•๐€๐‹๐”๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐€๐‘๐„๐€๐’ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐€๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐„๐ ๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐’ (๐ˆ๐€๐’) – ๐€๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• – ๐Œ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹The Ministry, through its GEF-7 Samoa IAS project, conducted rapid field surveys to validate key IAS species within the Falealupo Community Conservation Area (CCA), Falelima National Park, Mauga Salafai National Park, Lanotoโ€™o National Park, Safata Marine Protected...
๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐‚๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐“๐„ ๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‘๐€๐๐’๐๐€๐‘๐„๐๐‚๐˜ (๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“) ๐“๐„๐‚๐‡๐๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐๐†๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐•๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐’๐‡๐Ž๐, ๐“๐€๐๐Ž๐€, ๐€๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐‚๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐“๐„ ๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‘๐€๐๐’๐๐€๐‘๐„๐๐‚๐˜ (๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“) ๐“๐„๐‚๐‡๐๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐๐†๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐•๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐’๐‡๐Ž๐, ๐“๐€๐๐Ž๐€, ๐€๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), through its Climate Change Division, successfully concluded the final phase of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project, comprising a three-day technical training and validation workshop...
๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž Species ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ (๐’๐๐ˆ๐“๐“) ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐ˆ๐€๐’) ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ6

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž Species ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ (๐’๐๐ˆ๐“๐“) ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐ˆ๐€๐’) ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ6

The SNITT commenced itโ€™s first meeting of 2026 to present updates of Invasive Species management initiatives conducted since the last meeting in August 2025. The meeting was chaired by the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment...
๐€ ๐’๐”๐‚๐‚๐„๐’๐’๐…๐”๐‹ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐‚๐‹๐”๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐„๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐‘๐Ž๐€๐ƒ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐€๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐„๐ ๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„, ๐€๐“๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐๐‘๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’ (๐Š๐€๐) ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐˜ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐ ๐’๐€๐•๐€๐ˆ’๐ˆ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐”๐๐Ž๐‹๐”

๐€ ๐’๐”๐‚๐‚๐„๐’๐’๐…๐”๐‹ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐‚๐‹๐”๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐„๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐‘๐Ž๐€๐ƒ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐€๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐„๐ ๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„, ๐€๐“๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐๐‘๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’ (๐Š๐€๐) ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐˜ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐ ๐’๐€๐•๐€๐ˆ’๐ˆ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐”๐๐Ž๐‹๐”

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), through its GEF 7 Samoa IAS Project, has successfully concluded across Savaiโ€˜i and Upolu, marking an important milestone in strengthening community engagement to address the impacts of invasive alien species in...
๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข๐——๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—”๐— ๐—ข๐—” – ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—–๐—› ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข๐——๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—”๐— ๐—ข๐—” – ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—–๐—› ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

ย Efforts to strengthen biodiversity monitoring and environmental reporting in Samoa took an important step forward with the introduction of the Central Biodiversity Monitoring System (CBMS) during a stakeholder consultation meeting held on Monday, 9 March 2026 at the...