PRESS RELEASE: Ecosystem Recovering Dramatically Thanks to Successful Climate Resilience Effort in Samoa
Nu’utele Island shows encouraging signs of ecological recovery, demonstrating how healthy island ecosystems strengthen climate resilience.
Tag: Samoa
Restoring Nu‘utele Island, Samoa: Building Climate Resilience and Reviving Biodiversity
Nu’utele is a Key Biodiversity Site for Samoa. Our work there with our collaborators will help revitalize the island’s rare, precious species and boost its resilience to climate change!
Balbi Brooks: A Lifelong Learner and Champion of Island Conservation
Island Conservation runs on the support of champions like you–and like Balbi Brooks!
Saving The Manumea – Samoa’s National Bird
Campaign raises awareness about Samoa’s elusive and Critically Endangered bird, the Manumea. On islands throughout the world, birds have evolved to be suited to just one region and nowhere else. This is the case for the national bird of Samoa, the Manumea, which evolved only on the western island of Samoa and is currently facing […]
Discovery of Extinct Beetle Highlights Biodiversity & Sounds a Warning
New beetle species discovered in Paris museum is already extinct, but leaves us with some important messages. Tucked away among the shelves of a museum in Paris for 140 years was a new discovery waiting to happen. To the untrained eye, it would appear to be just another beetle in a diverse collection. But in fact, there […]
Pacific Invasives Learning Network Convenes in Samoa
The Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) met on 1–5 August in Samoa to share their best practices for invasive species management on Pacific islands. Twenty-two teams from Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia gathered in Samoa this year to discuss invasive species management. In addition to invasive species management, the participants discussed direct conservation action and biosecurity […]