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A project team composed of staff of the various division of MNREM was formed as a Technical Team to assist the Project Manager in the implementation of project activities. The Project Team and Manager were able to compile a Summary Report of Existing Information on Lake Lanoto’o, organized and started the initial detail surveys on the site’s flora and fauna ecologies; and prepare a list of stakeholders for engagement in the formulation of an effective management/development plan for the site.

Samoa, like other Least Developed Countries (LDCs) inherits high vulnerability to natural disasters and to external economic and trade developments for which it has no control. These natural disasters include tropical cyclones, prolonged periods of drought, extreme flooding, pests and sudden outbreak of diseases, storm surges and sea level rise.

The concept of a regional catastrophe insurance scheme for the Pacific was first aired at the third Pacific Island Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM3) in Samoa in 1999. Its inspiration was the World Bank study on risk transfer options for another group of Small Island Developing States, those in the Caribbean.