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Integrating the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.Having a healthy environment around us also secures our supply of freshwater, food and other natural resources. These are called'ecosystem services'and are the added benefits that do not come when 'hard' engineered adaptation solutions, such as seawalls, are built.

Samoa is home to many threatened species including corals, marine turtles, whales, dolphins and more. The survival of these species is further endangered by the global trade in plants, animals and products that may be made from them.

Sharks are the last of Earth's top predators to be hunted commercially around the world. The scale is massive - approximately 100 million sharks and their relatives are taken annually.

Pacific Island countries are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Conservation of mangroves and associated coastal ecosystems has been identified as a key natural adaptation strategy and mitigation measure to the effects of climate change.