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Environment related legislation review Available online *Call Number:* [EL] *Physical Description:* 20 p. ; 29 cm
GOOS is being implemented in the Pacific islands region by PacificGOOS, which was formed in Suva in 1998. In August 2000, in Apia, Samoa, PacificGOOS held a regional workshop on the development of a coastal Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)...
The Palolo Deep Marine Reserve known for its unique shape, the deep, was established as a marine reserve in 1974 under the National Parks and Reserve Act. The reserve is a fringing reef comprising a total area of 137.5 hectares located at the...
Pesticides as covered in the project include acaricides, biological pesticides (bacteria, viruses), defoliants, dessicants, fumigants, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides, rodenticides and synergists. Pesticides included...
Two decades before she ratified the CBD, Samoa was among the first of the small island states in the South Pacific to establish a system of both state and indigenous grassroots community managed terrestrial and marine protected areas; to launch...
Recovery planning has been adopted internationally as a way of developing an agreed approach for the conservation of a threatened species. It provides an opportunity for all with knowledge of, or an interest in, a given species to contribute...
In late 2002. the open dump for Samoa's main island of Upolo. was a smelly, smoking mess like many similar open dumps in the Pacific. With the assistance of the Japan International Co-operation Agency ( JICA) and the Secretariat of the Pacific...
In line with the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act 2001, it is a great pleasure for me to present the Strategy for the Development of Samoa (SDS), 20082012: Ensuring Sustainable Economic and Social Progress. SDS presents Samoas...
Coral reefs in Micronesia and American Samoa appear to be amongst the most resilient in the world, despite numerous on-going threats; There has been considerable recovery of reefs in western Micronesia (especially Palau) that were devastated...