Samoa Conservation Society

Description

Samoa Conservation Society, known locally as Fa’asao Samoa, is a Samoan non-governmental organisation dedicated to conserving Samoa’s natural heritage. It was established in 2013. It works to protect biodiversity and help people reduce their environmental impact and adopt greener lifestyles.

The society works with communities, government agencies and NGO partners to raise awareness of threats such as invasive species, over-exploitation, habitat degradation, pollution and climate change. It carries out research and practical conservation projects, including a campaign to save the critically endangered manumea, Samoa’s national bird, and forest restoration and tree-planting programmes that also offset carbon emissions. It has run campaigns against plastic pollution and worked toward reintroducing a butterfly species that had gone extinct in Samoa.

It also runs environmental education for the public and youth groups, teaching practical actions that support species and ecosystem conservation. Individuals, families, groups, organisations and companies can join as members or corporate partners in its conservation work.