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Baseline information on seabirds is urgently needed, particularly to determine presence of remnant populations of petrels and shearwaters to enable management actions to developed for their protection, enhancement and/or restoration to these islands.

Poor management of used oil is a major environment concern for Pacific Island nations. Samoan data (2018-2021) indicates that an average of 740,00 Lts of lubricants are imported into the country annually.

For the Pacific island countries, proper recycling of the increasing amount of waste plastics and waste oil is a pressing concern.

Le 15 janvier 2022, le royaume des Tonga a été violemment touché par une éruption volcanique et un tsunami qui ont dévasté une partie du pays. Malgré le traumatisme, le peuple tongien et les autorités ont travaillé ensemble au nettoyage afin de reconstruire le pays aussi vite que possible. Voici le bouleversant témoignage des différents acteurs qui ont participé à cet effort collectif.

On Saturday 15 January 2022, the Kingdom of Tonga was violently affected by the powerful eruption of the hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai underwater volcano. The eruption - one of the biggest in Tonga in the last 30 years - triggered a strong tsunami that devastated coastal areas

Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given countries' reliance on healthy ocean ecosystems and services.

The SWAP supported the Samoa Recycling Waste Management Association to conduct a beach clean-up activity, 46 volunteers acted for the preservation of their environment by collecting 8kg of waste discarded along the shorelines of Salelologa in Savaii Island, Samoa.

Marine spatial planning (MSP) is an internationally recognised planning tool that applies information about the natural resources and human uses of a particular ocean area to develop a comprehensive ocean management system.

O le fuafuaga mo Ogasami faapitoa o le faavaeina ma faavasega ai ogasami faapitoa, o nisi o nei o ogasami o le a faataga ona faaaogaina, ae nisi o le iai no tapu mo le faaaogaina.

The Samoa Ocean Strategy - (SOS) provides a nationally agreed roadmap for ocean governance in Samoa over the next decade. To achieve its purpose and vision, the SOS identifies thirtheen Integrated Management Solutions including completion of a marine spatial plan (MSP) for Samoa's ocean.