Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
[The Division of Environment and Conservation, Department of Lands and Surveys and Environment]
Publication Year:
1995
Publication Place
Apia, Western Samoa
Physical Description:
125 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.9516 SOU [EL]
VF 1941
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
4845
Legacy PEIN ID:
44711
General Notes
2 copies|Also available electronically
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Subject Heading(s)
Protected areas - Oceania - Pacific
Environment - Protection - Samoa
Biodiversity - Conservation - Saanapu - Samoa
Biological diversity - Sataoa - Samoa
Conservation of natural resources - Samoa
Protected areas - Management
Abstract
The proposed Conservation Area is centred on an area of mangrove forest (c75 hectares) in the customary ownership of Saanapu and Sataoa villages on the south coast of Upolu. This area is one of five Grade 1 sites identified by a 1991 survey of lowland ecosystems as the best remaining in Western Samoa (Park et al. , 1992) . It is given priority as the best mangrove ecosystem in the country, acknowledging that mangroves have a key role to play in sustaining lagoon fisheries on which many Samoans in coastal villages depend. The two villages involved have made a commitment to conservation of this area dating back to 1992 when the results of the survey were presented to them. The project also hopes to extend conservation and sustainable development principles to other lands owned by these villages, and in the long-term to the whole Safata District.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
[The Division of Environment and Conservation, Department of Lands and Surveys and Environment]
Publication Year:
1995
Publication Place
Apia, Western Samoa
Physical Description:
125 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.9516 SOU [EL]
VF 1941
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
4845
Legacy PEIN ID:
44711
General Notes
2 copies|Also available electronically
Record Created: 28-May-1997
Record Modified: 19-Dec-2020