The meeting for the Steering Committee is part of the broad process for the development of the National waste Management Strategy together with plastic banning initiative. It is evident that Samoa and its neighboring Pacific Islands is undergoing a period of social…

Overview Samoa is highly exposed to natural hazards – both of hydro-meteorological and geo-physical in nature. Storms/cyclones, storms/wave surges, floods, and strong winds, are among the recurrent climate-related hazards in the country. Tsunami, an infrequent but high-impact geo-physical hazard, was experienced in…

The Ministry and its partner UNDP had facilitated a workshop for communities with its overall objective of Orienting, inform and educate the applicants of the requirements crucial for completion of full proposals for grants. Also, the workshop looks to increase understanding and…

Last week, Samoa along with other Pacific Islands Countries attended the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction that was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.  A biennial event intended for countries to report on their progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework…

Climate change issues such as floods and tropical cyclones will occur more frequent in the near future. These issues are exposing both governments and communities to an increase of loss and damages infrastructure and household assets. One approach to reduce such impact…