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Pacific Conservation Database

Supporting Samoa’s Commitment to the 30 x 30 Marine Protected Area Network offshore and inshore areas

PIRT Member organisations

Conservation International (CI)

Other partner organisations

Samoa Voyaging Society
Samoa Government

Countries of implementation

Samoa

About

With support from the Blue Nature Alliance and in partnership with the Samoa Voyaging Society, CI is supporting the Government of Samoa deliver on key ocean commitments under the Samoa Ocean Strategy. The project will further support Samoa’s national marine spatial planning (MSP) & MPA designation, as well as amplify communication and education campaigns to increase awareness and foster guardianship by local communities in support of their traditional marine tenures and the new network of MPAs.

Framework Action Tracks

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action, 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions, 03 – Sustainable and resilient ocean economies, 06 – Environmentally and culturally sensitive tourism, 07 – Effective marine protected areas, 08 – Marine ecological integrity, 11 – Reducing threats to threatened and migratory marine species, 13 – Ending unsustainable fishing, 19 – Science and traditional knowledge for target-setting and monitoring, 20 – Governance that works for nature conservation, 21 – Sustainable financing for nature conservation

Status

Approved (not started)

The Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation (PIRT) is supported by the Pacific BioScapes Programme.

The Pacific BioScapes Programme is a European Union (EU) funded action, managed and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
The Programme contributes to the sustainable development of Pacific Small Island Developing States through the implementation of 30 focused activities taking place across a diversity of ecosystems in 11 countries (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu) that will address critical issues concerning coastal and marine biodiversity, and ecosystem-based responses to climate change adaptation.
For more information, please visit: www.sprep.org/bioscapes

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