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Empowering Samoa’s Renewable Energy Future – Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Renewable Energy Tool Training – 11th – 13th February, 2025
The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Renewable Energy Guide offers a step-by-step approach to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts of renewable energy policies. This essential tool helps policymakers and stakeholders understand how their renewable...
Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Multi hazard Disaster and Emergency Response Plan in-House Training for Hotels, 1st – 4th October, 2024
Exciting News! The Ministry through its Disaster Management Office - Samoa and in partnership with Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority facilitated a comprehensive training session on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Multihazard Disaster and...
Inception and Project Design Workshop of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-8 Samoa Biodiversity Project – October 3, 2024
The Ministry through its Forestry Division (FRD) and Division of Environment and Conservation (DEC), in collaboration with the Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted an Inception and Project Design Workshop for the Global Environment...
GEF 8 COASTAL RESILIENCE SAMOA CONSULTATION IN LEFAGA AND FALEASE’ELA – AUGUST 17, 2026
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), through the GEF-8 Blue and Green Islands Integrated Programme – Coastal Resilience Samoa (BGI-IP CRS) Project, today conducted a stakeholder consultation with communities from Lefaga and Falease‘ela as part of...
INTERNAL MNRE SESSION PARTNER 3 CLIMATE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE – AUGUST 14, 2026
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), through its Disaster Management Office (DMO), recently held an internal technical session for staff as part of the Pacific Risk Tool for Resilience Programme Phase 2+ (PaRTneR 2+). The session provided an...
GEF-7 SAMOA IAS PROJECT HOLDS SECOND PROJECT BOARD MEETING OF 2026
The GEF-7 Samoa Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Project held its second Project Board Meeting for 2026, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss project delivery and progress for the second quarter of 2026 and to chart the way forward for upcoming activities. The...
WHEN THE MANGROVE CARBON STOCK-TAKE TURNS INTO A MANGROVE ENTANGLEMENT!
Our team worked through mud, tangled roots and tough field conditions to measure trees , assess mangrove biomass and collect samples across Upolu and Savai‘i, helping us better understand how much carbon Samoa’s mangroves can capture and store. It’s a mangrove tango ,...
BUILDING A SAFER SAMOA: PaRTnER 3 VALIDATION WORKSHOP FOR CLIMATE DISASTER RESILIENCE – AUGUST 14, 2026
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), through its Disaster Management Office (DMO), successfully hosted the national stakeholder validation workshop for the Pacific Risk Tool for Resilience Programme Phase 3 (PaRTneR 3) at the Lava Hotel in Sogi. ...
NO SCUBA TANK? NO PROBLEM! DIVE IN WITH US FOR A LOOK AT CORAL RESTORATION IN ACTION
These photos capture two stages of the process: a community member carefully attaching new coral fragments to a reef star during our June installation , alongside the encouraging growth on reef stars installed in January. They show a glimpse of what newly installed...
STAKEHOLDERS STRENGTHENS UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS
A full-day training workshop on Social and Environmental Safeguards (SES) was successfully conducted at the Lava Hotel , bringing together key representatives from government ministries, partner organisations , and academia . The workshop was conducted as part...
STRENGTHENING SAMOA’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE-RELATED LOSS AND DAMAGE – AUGUST 7, 2026
As Samoa continues to strengthen its national response to climate change , the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) , through its Climate Change Division , is advancing important work to better understand and address climate-related loss and damage . A...
SAMOA ADVANCES LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY REPORTING THROUGH LDN CORE TEAM CONVENING – 5-7 AUGUST 2026
As part of Samoa’s national reporting commitments under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) convened the Second Meeting of the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Core Team to advance...
ADVANCING RISK KNOWLEDGE AND RESILIENCE DISASTER THROUGH PaRTneR 3 – AUGUST 11, 2026
As Samoa continues to strengthen its resilience to climate and disaster risks, efforts have been underway to enhance the availability and use of reliable risk information to support informed decision-making. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE),...