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New insights into climate change in Samoa

06/11/2012 12:16
  MNRE/CSIRO: New research providing critical information about the climate of Samoa is being launched today by the Meteorology Division of the Ministry for Natural Resources and Environment. Hon. Fa’amoetauloa Taito Dr. Faale Tumaalii, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment will...

Samoa to host SIDS Global Conference 2014

06/11/2012 12:04
  Fiji has endorsed the Samoan Government’s hosting of the Small Island Developing States Global Conference in 2014. At a New York reception held at the Fiji Mission to the United Nations in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele...

Samoan migrant communities in search for governance

14/09/2012 03:09
  By Cherelle Jackson Monika Pei and moved with her parents and her little brothers and sisters to Vaitele, Samoa, a village on the western side of Apia town, in 2007, along with her six younger siblings, in search of what she says is a better future in the town of Vaitele near Apia. Her...

Samoan migrant communities in search for governance

14/09/2012 03:09
  By Cherelle Jackson Monika Pei and moved with her parents and her little brothers and sisters to Vaitele, Samoa, a village on the western side of Apia town, in 2007, along with her six younger siblings, in search of what she says is a better future in the town of Vaitele near Apia. Her...

New Insight Into Climate Change in the Pacific

20/05/2012 09:12
ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2011) — New research providing critical information about how climate change is affecting Australia's Pacific island neighbours and East Timor has just been released by the Australian Government's Pacific Climate Change Science Program (PCCSP). The landmark,...

Lack of Sleep Is Linked to Obesity, New Evidence Shows

20/05/2012 08:54
ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2012) — Can lack of sleep make you fat? A new paper which reviews the evidence from sleep restriction studies reveals that inadequate sleep is linked to obesity. The research, published in a special issue of the The American Journal of Human Biology, explores how lack of...

Samoas energy advances highlighted in Barbados

08/05/2012 14:41
By Cherelle Jackson BRIDGETOWN: Advances made by Samoa on renewable energy measures were highlighted this week in Barbados at the High-Level Conference of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Titled: “Achieving Sustainable Energy for All,” the meeting brought together participants from...

Island Hoping: Are Reserves the Answer to Help Wildlife on the World's Sinking Archipelagos?

10/03/2012 10:04
EarthTalk: As global sea level rises, low-lying island nations must reckon how to cope not only with loss of agricultural acreage and increased vulnerability to storms, but also with reduced habitat for endemic species. Thanks to rising sea levels, land forms that sustain wildlife may no longer...

Cartagena occupies the ‘middle ground’ in negotiations

02/10/2011 16:13
By Cherelle Jackson  APIA – The Cartagena Dialogue, a network of countries working for a constructive solution in the negotiations on climate change occupies the middle ground in climate change negotiations. This is according to Chair of Ad Hoc Working Group on Further...

UNCSD meeting pass recommendations 'in principle'

28/07/2011 12:25
  By Cherelle Jackson Apia, Samoa - Recommendations by Ministers to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Pacific Countries were adopted 'in principle'. However there was criticism of the way the recommendations were drawn...
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