We celebrate Biodiversity Day to promote the importance of our biological environment to our daily survival. Every day we threaten our biodiversity with human activities. With our increasing population, human settlements have extended deep inlands. Any animal species that originally thrived there…

Moataa village is located in near the town of Apia. The village is rich in wetland areas (mangroves) which are affected by many developments along the wetlands. However, over the years the community have experienced the swells of tide moving inland as…

A new era is in place for Samoa as the island nation works towards phasing out a range of single-use plastics, joining global efforts to save our environment from the impact of plastics. As of January 2019, the Government aims to ban…

The Ministry was invited to the grand opening of Small Grants Programme (SGP) Project titled “Puipuiga o Eleele ma Siosiomaga o Lufilufi”, led by the Womens Committee of Lufilufi. The ceremony was started with an official prayer led by Rev. Aiva Lototau…

On the 15-18th May 2018, a Post Disaster Needs Assessment and Disaster Recovery Framework Workshop was conducted for all Implementing Agencies and Stakeholders of the Water and Sanitation sector at the DBS Building, Level 6 Conference Room with more than 20 participants…

INTRODUCTION The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) is commemorating, for the first time ever, its ‘LAND AND SOIL’ week with particular emphasis and focus on the importance of SOILS as a natural resource in supporting life and its physical ecological…