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Samoa's national bird, the Manumea, is a scientific curiosity a key player in a healthy Samoan rainforest and a cultural icon for Samoa. Unique to Samoa it is also highly threatened and at risk of extinction in our lifetimes. The purpose of this campaign is to identify and adopt the specific changes in behaviour that we need to take to save our national bird, before it is too late.

The National Environment Sector Plan (NESP) 2022/2023 – 2026/2027 updates the NESP 2017-2021. It is based on the most recent State of the Environment (SOE) assess- ment documented in 2023, and lessons learned from the previous NESP.

Ta'i'o (shearwaters and petrels) are very special birds in Smoa. They are seabirds. They find their food at sea. They nest on land, in burrows in forests.They return to the forests at night.

This report is a review of the status of knowledge of Samoan birds and is based on existing information and research conducted in Samoa over the past 100 years. The review was commissioned by the O le Siosiomaga Society Inc (OLSSI) as part of a collaborative project to identify Samoa's important bird areas (IBAs) between OLSSI, the Birdlife Pacific Partnership, Conservation International's Pacific Islands Program (CI-PIP) and the Samoan Ministry of Natural resources and Environment (MNRE)

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.

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.

The role that natural ecosystems, especially marine and coastal ecosystems, play in human wellbeing is often overlooked or taken for granted. The benefits of humans receive from ecosystems called ecosystem service. Coastal and marine resources and biodiversity provide Samoa's businesses and households and government many real and measurable benefits.

The Samoan Government's Samoa Oceans Strategy (SOS) 2020-2030 aims to support ecosystem-based adaptation by implementing national scale Marine Spatial plan (MSP) while strengthening community engagement in actions that enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change.