VALIDATION WORKSHOP FOR SAMOA’S FIRST BIENNIAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT (BTR1) AND THE COMBINED SECOND BIENNIAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT AND FOURTH NATIONAL COMMUNICATION (BTR2/NC4) – JUNE 18, 2026
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) convened a Validation Workshop for the proposed Global Environment Facility (GEF) Enabling Activity to support the preparation of Samoa's First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) and the Combined Second...
LONA FAGALOA STEPS UP AS THE FOURTH COMMUNITY TO LAUNCH SAMOA’S TSUNAMI READY PROGRAMME
Today, the village of Lona took center stage as the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP) extended its rollout through the Fagaloa district. Following the great momentum from Saletele, Uafato, and Samamea over the past few days, Lona has officially stepped up to...
INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CLIMATE LEADERS – JUNE 19, 2026
The Ministry was pleased to welcome Year 12 students from Leulumoega Fou College for an educational visit as part of their Internal Assessment requirements. The visit provided an opportunity for the students to conduct research and gather information on climate change...
BUILDING CAPACITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATION – DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION – JUNE 17, 2026
As part of the Ministry’s ongoing efforts to strengthen environmental compliance and governance, the Legal Services and Policy Division recently facilitated a refresher training session for officers of the Division of Environment and Conservation (DEC). The training...
SAMAMEA FAGALOA CONTINUES ROLLOUT OF SAMOA’S TSUNAMI READY RECOGNITION PROGRAMME – JUNE 18, 2026
The village of Samamea today became the third community in Samoa to commence local implementation of the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP), following the successful village events held in Saletele and Uafato earlier this week. The programme continues its...
UAFATO CONTINUES ROLLOUT OF SAMOA’S TSUNAMI READY RECOGNITION PROGRAMME – 17 JUNE, 2026
The village of Uafato today became the second community in Samoa to commence local implementation of the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP), following the inaugural village event held in Saletele earlier this week. The programme aims to strengthen tsunami...
SALETELE FAGALOA HOSTS FIRST COMMUNITY EVENT UNDER SAMOA’S TSUNAMI READY RECOGNITION PROGRAMME – JUNE 15, 2026
The village of Saletele today marked an important milestone in strengthening community resilience and disaster preparedness by hosting the first community event under Samoa's Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP). The event brought together village leaders,...
GUARDING OCEANS: SAMOA REEF RESILIENCE HUB FUNDS 16 LOCAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) welcomes the announcement by the Resilient Reefs Pasifika – Samoa Reef Resilience Hub of its first 16 community and stakeholder grant recipients supporting reef resilience across Samoa! The funded initiatives...
GEF7 SAMOA IAS PROJECT BOOSTS BIOSECURITY CAPACITY
On Monday 8th of June 2026 , the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), through its GEF7 Samoa IAS project , proudly handed over the first lot of essential IT equipment to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries – Biosecurity Division , in order to...
MAASINA JOINS ONGOING ROLLOUT OF SAMOA’S TSUNAMI READY PROGRAMME – JUNE 22, 2026
The village of Maasina today officially commenced local implementation of the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme (TRRP), continuing the strong momentum of this critical resilience initiative across the Fagaloa district. Following successful rollouts in neighboring...