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The overarching goal is to ensure the Weather Ready Pacific Programme addresses systemic barriers, and ensures that all related activities are inclusive, equitable and accessible to all individuals, particularly Pacific women and girls in all their diversity, and other vulnerable, under-served and under-represented groups.

Traditional medicinal plants of Vanuatu

Why medicinal plants matter to Samoa? Part of daily life & culture Supports family health & wellbeing Affordable & locally available Protecting plants protects traditional knowledge Valuing plants encourages conservation

Humanity uses up to 60,000 medicinal plant species worldwide. Biodiversity is the basis for most patented pharmaceutic drugs, and the resource base for traditional health services to 80% of the global population, mainly in Africa, Asia and Pacific SIDS. Nine Oceania governments engaged in the development of WHO’s traditional medicines strategy 2025-2034.

A presentation on Samoa plants presented by James Artherton during the World Wildlife Day, March 3, 2026

Medicinal Plant specialist group Established in 1994 to increase global awareness of conservation threats to medicinal plants, and to promote sustainable use and conservation action.

Used oil petroleum-based or synthetic oil contaminated with impurities.

Training resource to support delivery of the accompanying PowerPoint for facilitating the organics training session, including speaking notes, facilitator guidance and step-by-step instructions fro delivery for both the class-room and hands-on components of the course. Part of a broader suite of resources aimed at improving organic waste management, these training resources help divert organic materials from landfill and turn waste into valuable resource. The facilitator guide can be used for trainers, officers and facility operators seeking to undertake training on compost facility operation.

PowerPoint slides to support the delivery of the organics training session, guiding trainers in the facilitation of both classroom learning and hands-on practical exercises. Part of a broader suite of resources aimed at improving organic waste management, these training resources help divert organic materials from landfill and turn waste into a valuable resource. The PowerPoint slides can be used for trainers, officers, and facility operators seeking to undertake training on compost facility operation.

Organic material is biodegradable ma􀆩er such as vegeta􀆟on from yard clean-ups, kitchen scraps (food); garden cu􀆫ngs, grass, and branches, and paper. Combined data from waste audits in the Pacific found that approximately 40% of waste disposal to our landfills and dumps is organics.