With a vision of protecting Samoa’s sovereign rights to its genetic resources (GR) and the wealth of traditional knowledge (TK) associated with GR held by its people, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, through the Division of Environment Conservation (MNRE –…
Project Consultant, Toleafoa Christopher Brown, and staff of MNRE working towards a smoother implementation of the Nagoya Protocol through ABS Clearing House and TKGR database With Samoa now working towards further strengthening the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol (NP) on Access…
The second meeting of the Protected Area Advisory Committee has been designed to include as part of the three days training program as mentioned above to learn about the significance of using GIS to monitor Protected areas under the Biodiversity and Protected…
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment through its Climate Change & GEF Division hosted its first Climate Change Report Card stakeholder meeting with the key objective; to strengthen and enhance coordination across sectors and Ministries to ensure reliable and accurate data/information…
We look back on 2019 as an important year for the Global Environment Facility and look forward to the 2020 Super Year with its hopes of progress for nature and people, including new international agreements on oceans, biodiversity, and climate change. Explore this blog’s…
Apia, 22nd November 2019 – Samoa has become the first Pacific nation to implement a key safeguard to protect the legal use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge through its patent system. This step has been implemented as the country advances the…
On Monday, 4th November 2019, the Tree Management for Disaster Risk Reduction Policy was officially launched during Environment Week. The Disaster Management Office with funding from the Green Climate Fund has managed to develop a Tree Management Policy to reduce risks to…
The XVI Pacific Games 2019 was a magnificent opportunity for the Two Million Tree planting campaign because it was not only promoting Greening of the Games but also contributing to the 2,000,000 trees to be planted by 2020. The Ministry of Natural…
