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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.

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.

An implementation video of marine component taken place in Samoa. There were 9 coastal communities involved, 4 from Upolu and 5 from the big island of Savaii. All these communities are vulnerable to climate change and affects their marine and coastal environment.

A national-level Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) is one of the 13 key strategies in the Samoa Ocean Strategy (SOS) 2020-2030. The SOS aims to use the MSP process to support ecosystem-based adaptation while strengthening community engagement in actions that enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change. As part of the MSP process, national stakeholder consultations were conducted to solicit views and gather relevant information for developing a spatial Ocean Plan for Samoa.