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…
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…
Samoa’s Environment Week celebration was seen as a great success by many – with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s (MNRE’s) various divisions working tirelessly to provide a week-long comprehensive programme for the sake of increasing the public’s environmental literacy, as…
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 Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment through the Water and Sanitation Sector Coordination Division in close with the collaboration with the Oloamanu Centre of the National University of Samoa conducted a training/workshop on “Financial Management”, for the Water and Sanitation Sector…
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…
14 – 25 July 2019 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Drusilla Lauano Land Management Division Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment OVERVIEW The course on “Sustainable Rural Development for SIDS and ASIAN Countries” which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 – 25…
28th June 2019 – The IMPRESS Project of the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE) had IMPRESS’ed the Samoa Trust Estate Corporation (STEC)! Ten (10) sets of safety gears (safety headsets, safety glasses, safety boots and rain coats) were officially handed…
26th June 2019 – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment through the Renewable Energy Division had successfully facilitated a National Renewable Energy Workshop with the theme “Working together in managing sustainable energy for Samoa.” The objective was to bring together all…
