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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) has recognized American Samoa’s Biodiversity Conservation Office director as a ”Battler on a
Viliami Hakaumotu was named as the “2023 Pacific Invasive Species Battler of the Year”, at the opening of the Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) Meeting, in Apia, Samoa, last week.
Invasive species are a threat to Pacific communities, they are destructive to native biodiversity and the natural environment and have major socio-economic impacts on communities and national development. Considered “the most significant driver of population declines and species extinctions in is...
Apolima Island residents oppose plans to inject plants with poisonous chemicals as part of a wider strategy to address a rat infestation on the island. The residents of the rocky enclave fear the poisonous chemicals will also harm their pigs which is an important source of income for the island f...
Efforts are being made to turn one of Samoa's islands into one of the first inhabited rat-free islands in the Pacific.