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A Samoan language narration film, depicting the origins of the beginning of ancestral creation of pacific islands in the vast ocean, and portraying the journey of a significant pacific island which inhabited one of the Highlands in the pacific and called 'Tutuila ma Manua' that is namely American Samoa a Territory of the United States of America in nowadays. Their journey of resilience for their natural environment and how they sustain their livelihood and cultural heritage of their people. Elaborating the impact on Resilience for Environment Protection and conservation for natural environment or nature conservation in an ever changing of hazards, affecting their environment like pollution, disaster and economic development. Production in 1990 by KGTF-TV channel 12 from Agana, Guam. Narration by Eti Saága, written by Volk, Richard. & Kneubuhl, John.

Reef coral collections from American Samoa are in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, W. Germany. The author has a collection of 790 coral specimens for a total of 1547 items known to be from American Samoa. A total of 177 species (including 3 species of non-scleractinian corals) belonging to 48 genera and subgenera (including the genera Millepora and Heliopora) known to date are listed with data as of frequency of occurrence and habitat.

Mongabay rainforest profiles: American Samoa, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu