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...

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...

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 ,...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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),...

 The Government of Samoa, through its Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), convened an awareness dialogue to strengthen coordination for the implementation of Samoa’s Marine Spatial Plan.   The dialogue brought together Government ministries,...