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A report on the marine turtles tagged and released from the pond in Malua.

Since the adoption of Agenda 21 following the United Nations Conference on Environment and development in 1992, this report constitutes the first opportunity for Samoa to assess its situation with regard to sustainable development in the past decade

An assessment framework based on key habitats in Samoa:

* cloud forest and uplands

* lowlands, coastal strand

* nearshore marine, offshore marine, and rivers and streams

* climate change, air quality, waste disposal, renewable energy, and population pressures.

It also assesses the status of Samoa’s species of high conservation value, especially those that are endemic and critically endangered.

The Regional Maritime Legal Advisor, Captain Dr. Peter Heathcote was in Samoa to assist the Ministry of Works. Transport and Infrastructure, the Samoa Shipping Corporation (SSC) and the Samoa Ports Authority (SPA) implement the recent amendments to the SOLAS Convention dealing with Maritime Security and the new International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code. During this short visit, an enormous amount of work was accomplished as documented in this brief.

The 2009 tsunami waves that swept through parts of the Samoa Islands brought a lot of marine life with them, portions of which were stranded on land when the waves subsided. In addition to the reef fishes of varying sizes, marine turtles, a few sharks and dolphins were also stranded.

This report focuses on marine turtles and attempts to give an account on the number and fate of marine turtles that were stranded on land after the tsunami waves.

Environment related legislation review of Samoa.

**Please submit new information or corrections as the reviews will be updated annually.**

This dataset hosts the published NEMs of Tuvalu;

Data on the recovery of Palau's Coral Reefs

The Nature Conservancy’s Mapping Ocean Wealth Project: Modelling and mapping fishing pressure the current and potential standing stock of coral-reef fishes in five jurisdictions of Micronesia

Data on Reef Fish Recovery in countries and information is also useful for Palau's Reef Fish Biomass

Data on Palau's Reef Fish including information extracted from researches on reef fish in micronesia

Data on Fisheries in the Economies of Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Information useful for Palau's Fisheries

Data on Creel survey and demographic assessments of coastal finfish fisheries of southern Palau

Data on Vulnerability of oceanic fisheries in the tropical Pacific to climate change

Data on Marine Environments of Palau including published research on marine animals

Data on the Population Status of Marine Turtles in the pacific ocean. Information is useful also for Palau's marine turtles

Data on Palau's introduced marine species and impacts.

Data on impacts of human activities on Palau's Coral Reef

Data on the status of Palau's Sea Cucumbers

Data on Palau's mangroves including mangrove-fringed estuaries