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SPC/CRGA 37 (07) Paper 2.2.1
SPC/CRGA 37 (07) Paper 2.2.1 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS (Apia, 7-9 November 2007) OVERVIEW REPORTS FOR 2007 WORK PROGRAMMES – DIVISIONAL OVERVIEW PRESENTATION AGENDA ITEM 2.2.1 – LAND RESOURCES DIVISION (Paper presented by the Secretariat) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The Land Resources Division (LRD) continued to focus its activities on the outputs of its Integrated Strategic Plan 2005–2008. In developing work plans, special attention was given to aligning activities to national priorities elaborated in national and sectoral strategies. The management structure, which encourages integration and sharing of resources, has, among other benefits, added much value to the division’s human and financial resources. 2. Increased attention was given to LRD’s facilitation role in helping PICTs develop policy, legislation and plans. For the Pacific Islands’ voice to be heard and listened to, active engagement at the international level is important. LRD has engaged in a number of important forums and conventions during the year, such as the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). 3. The Regional Germplasm Centre (RGC) has been renamed Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) and the depth and scope of its work and that of the Pacific Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Network (PAPGREN) and the Forests and Trees thematic area group have increased, particularly with the additional support provided by the transfer of the South Pacific Regional Initiative on Forest Genetic Resources (SPRIG) project to LRD. -
Ethnography of Ontong Java and Tasman Islands with Remarks Re: the Marqueen and Abgarris Islands
PACIFIC STUDIES Vol. 9, No. 3 July 1986 ETHNOGRAPHY OF ONTONG JAVA AND TASMAN ISLANDS WITH REMARKS RE: THE MARQUEEN AND ABGARRIS ISLANDS by R. Parkinson Translated by Rose S. Hartmann, M.D. Introduced and Annotated by Richard Feinberg Kent State University INTRODUCTION The Polynesian outliers for years have held a special place in Oceanic studies. They have figured prominently in discussions of Polynesian set- tlement from Thilenius (1902), Churchill (1911), and Rivers (1914) to Bayard (1976) and Kirch and Yen (1982). Scattered strategically through territory generally regarded as either Melanesian or Microne- sian, they illustrate to varying degrees a merging of elements from the three great Oceanic culture areas—thus potentially illuminating pro- cesses of cultural diffusion. And as small bits of land, remote from urban and administrative centers, they have only relatively recently experienced the sustained European contact that many decades earlier wreaked havoc with most islands of the “Polynesian Triangle.” The last of these characteristics has made the outliers particularly attractive to scholars interested in glimpsing Polynesian cultures and societies that have been but minimally influenced by Western ideas and Pacific Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3—July 1986 1 2 Pacific Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3—July 1986 accoutrements. For example, Tikopia and Anuta in the eastern Solo- mons are exceptional in having maintained their traditional social structures, including their hereditary chieftainships, almost entirely intact. And Papua New Guinea’s three Polynesian outliers—Nukuria, Nukumanu, and Takuu—may be the only Polynesian islands that still systematically prohibit Christian missionary activities while proudly maintaining important elements of their old religions. -
CAS School Visit Report 2015
Report for Career Advisory Services School Visit in Savaii & Upolu February – March 2015 Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Career Advisory Services Visits ................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Welcome ............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Purpose ............................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Presentations ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Plumbers Association of Samoa (PAS) .......................................................................................... 5 2. Samoa Umbrella for Non Government Organization (SUNGO) .................................................... 6 3. Samoa Red Cross Society .............................................................................................................. 7 4. National Kidney Foundation (NKF) ................................................................................................ 7 5. National Health Services (NHS) ..................................................................................................... 8 6. Samoa Fire and Emergency -
High-Resolution Bathymetric Survey of Samoa
EU-SOPAC Project Report 112 Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States SAMOA TECHNICAL REPORT High-Resolution Bathymetric Survey Fieldwork Undertaken from 27 January to 1 March 2004 October 2008 Western Samoa three-dimensional Digital Elevation Model Prepared by: Jens Krüger and Salesh Kumar SOPAC Secretariat May 2008 PACIFIC ISLANDS APPLIED GEOSCIENCE COMMISSION c/o SOPAC Secretariat Private Mail Bag GPO, Suva FIJI ISLANDS http://www.sopac.org Phone: +679 338 1377 Fax: +679 337 0040 www.sopac.org [email protected] Important Notice This report has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Community; however, the views expressed herein must never be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Community. Samoa: High-Resolution Bathymetry EU EDF-SOPAC Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States – iii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 1 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 2 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Geographic Situation .................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Geological Setting ...................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Previous Bathymetry Compilations............................................................................ -
The Samoan Aidscape: Situated Knowledge and Multiple Realities of Japan’S Foreign Aid to Sāmoa
THE SAMOAN AIDSCAPE: SITUATED KNOWLEDGE AND MULTIPLE REALITIES OF JAPAN’S FOREIGN AID TO SĀMOA A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GEOGRAPHY DECEMBER 2012 By Masami Tsujita Dissertation Committee: Mary G. McDonald, Chairperson Krisnawati Suryanata Murray Chapman John F. Mayer Terence Wesley-Smith © Copyright 2012 By Masami Tsujita ii I would like to dedicate this dissertation to all who work at the forefront of the battle called “development,” believing genuinely that foreign aid can possibly bring better opportunities to people with fewer choices to achieve their life goals and dreams. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation is an accumulation of wisdom and support from the people I encountered along the way. My deepest and most humble gratitude extends to my chair and academic advisor of 11 years, Mary G. McDonald. Her patience and consideration, generously given time for intellectual guidance, words of encouragement, and numerous letters of support have sustained me during this long journey. Without Mary as my advisor, I would not have been able to complete this dissertation. I would like to extend my deep appreciation to the rest of my dissertation committee members, Krisnawati Suryanata, Terence Wesley-Smith, Lasei Fepulea‘i John F. Mayer, and Murray Chapman. Thank you, Krisna, for your thought-provoking seminars and insightful comments on my papers. The ways in which you frame the world have greatly helped improved my naïve view of development; Terence, your tangible instructions, constructive critiques, and passion for issues around the development of the Pacific Islands inspired me to study further; John, your openness and reverence for fa‘aSāmoa have been an indispensable source of encouragement for me to continue studying the people and place other than my own; Murray, thank you for your mentoring with detailed instructions to clear confusions and obstacles in becoming a geographer. -
Project Preparation Document the Saanapu
THE SOUTH PACIFIC BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROGRAMME PROJECT PREPARATION DOCUMENT March 1995 THE SAANAPU/SATAOA CONSERVATION AREA PROJECT THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF LANDS SURVEYS AND ENVIRONMENT APIA WESTERN SAMOA EDITOR'S NOTE A first draft of this Project Preparation Document was submitted to the 2nd meeting of the TMAG in August 1994. That draft had been prepared with the assistance of SPBCP consultants as part of a trial process leading to the production of new User Guidelines for SPBCP. It was well received at the meeting with specific comments limited to the questions of inadequate community consultation and inadequate focus on conservation problems. These were to be addressed in this final draft. In preparing a final draft addressing these concerns, I felt that we had a choice between editing our existing draft as formatted by the consultants or re-drafting to fit into the new Guidelines. We have compromised to the extent that the introductory and background sections Parts A and B (1.0 - 7.0) are in the first draft format, but the more critical project detail Part C (8.0 onwards) has been re-written in the new format. The process of re-writing has also helped local staff to increase 'ownership' of the PPD. David Butler Biodiversity Adviser Division of Environment and Conservation. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PART A INTRODUCTION 1 .................................................... Background ......................................................... 1 2 .................................................. Introduction ......................................................... 1 PART B THE EXISTING SITUATION .............................. 2 3Natural Features and Resource Base of the CAP ......................................................... 2 3.1 Location, Land Area and Access ...................... 2 3.2 Climate............................................. 2 3.3 Topography and Soils ............................... -
Establishing a Holocene Tephrochronology for Western Samoa and Its Implication for the Re-Evaluation of Volcanic Hazards
ESTABLISHING A HOLOCENE TEPHROCHRONOLOGY FOR WESTERN SAMOA AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE RE-EVALUATION OF VOLCANIC HAZARDS by Aleni Fepuleai A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Copyright © 2016 by Aleni Fepuleai School of Geography, Earth Science and Environment Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment The University of the South Pacific August 2016 DECLARATION Statement by Author I, Aleni Fepuleai, declare that this thesis is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge, it contains no material previously published, or substantially overlapping with material submitted for the award of any other degree at any institution, except where due acknowledge is made in the next. Signature: Date: 01/07/15 Name: Aleni Fepuleai Student ID: s11075361 Statement by Supervisor The research in this thesis was performed under my supervision and to my knowledge is the sole work of Mr Aleni Fepuleai. Signature Date: 01/07/15 Name: Dr Eleanor John Designation: Principal Supervisor ABSTRACT Samoan volcanism is tectonically controlled and is generated by tension-stress activities associated with the sharp bend in the Pacific Plate (Northern Terminus) at the Tonga Trench. The Samoan island chain dominated by a mixture of shield and post-erosional volcanism activities. The closed basin structures of volcanoes such as the Crater Lake Lanoto enable the entrapment and retention of a near-complete sedimentary record, itself recording its eruptive history. Crater Lanoto is characterised as a compound monogenetic and short-term volcano. A high proportion of primary tephra components were found in a core extracted from Crater Lake Lanoto show that Crater Lanoto erupted four times (tephra bed-1, 2, 3, and 4). -
Savai'i Volcano
A Visitor’s Field Guide to Savai’i – Touring Savai’i with a Geologist A Visitor's Field Guide to Savai’i Touring Savai'i with a Geologist Warren Jopling Page 1 A Visitor’s Field Guide to Savai’i – Touring Savai’i with a Geologist ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND THIS ARTICLE Tuapou Warren Jopling is an Australian geologist who retired to Savai'i to grow coffee after a career in oil exploration in Australia, Canada, Brazil and Indonesia. Travels through Central America, the Andes and Iceland followed by 17 years in Indonesia gave him a good understanding of volcanology, a boon to later educational tourism when explaining Savai'i to overseas visitors and student groups. His 2014 report on Samoa's Geological History was published in booklet form by the Samoa Tourism Authority as a Visitor's Guide - a guide summarising the main geological events that built the islands but with little coverage of individual natural attractions. This present article is an abridgement of the 2014 report and focuses on Savai'i. It is in three sections; an explanation of plate movement and hotspot activity for visitors unfamiliar with plate tectonics; a brief summary of Savai'i's geological history then an island tour with some geologic input when describing the main sites. It is for nature lovers who would appreciate some background to sightseeing. Page 1 A Visitor’s Field Guide to Savai’i – Touring Savai’i with a Geologist The Pacific Plate, The Samoan Hotspot, The Samoan Archipelago The Pacific Plate, the largest of the Earth's 16 major plates, is born along the East Pacific Rise. -
Stevensoniana; an Anecdotal Life and Appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson, Ed. from the Writings of J.M. Barrie, S.R. Crocket
——; — ! 92 STEVENSONIANA VIII ISLAND DAYS TO TUSITALA IN VAILIMA^ Clearest voice in Britain's chorus, Tusitala Years ago, years four-and-twenty. Grey the cloudland drifted o'er us, When these ears first heard you talking, When these eyes first saw you smiling. Years of famine, years of plenty, Years of beckoning and beguiling. Years of yielding, shifting, baulking, ' When the good ship Clansman ' bore us Round the spits of Tobermory, Glens of Voulin like a vision. Crags of Knoidart, huge and hoary, We had laughed in light derision. Had they told us, told the daring Tusitala, What the years' pale hands were bearing, Years in stately dim division. II Now the skies are pure above you, Tusitala; Feather'd trees bow down to love you 1 This poem, addressed to Robert Louis Stevenson, reached him at Vailima three days before his death. It was the last piece of verse read by Stevenson, and it is the subject of the last letter he wrote on the last day of his life. The poem was read by Mr. Lloyd Osbourne at the funeral. It is here printed, by kind permission of the author, from Mr. Edmund Gosse's ' In Russet and Silver,' 1894, of which it was the dedication. After the Photo by] [./. Davis, Apia, Samoa STEVENSON AT VAILIMA [To face page i>'l ! ——— ! ISLAND DAYS 93 Perfum'd winds from shining waters Stir the sanguine-leav'd hibiscus That your kingdom's dusk-ey'd daughters Weave about their shining tresses ; Dew-fed guavas drop their viscous Honey at the sun's caresses, Where eternal summer blesses Your ethereal musky highlands ; Ah ! but does your heart remember, Tusitala, Westward in our Scotch September, Blue against the pale sun's ember, That low rim of faint long islands. -
Economic and Fiscal Analysis
Economic Recovery Support Program (Subprogram 2) (RRP SAM 43191) ECONOMIC AND FISCAL ANALYSIS A. Development Performance 1. The Samoan economy is led by the tourism, agriculture, and fisheries sectors, which are vibrant sources of employment and economic growth. However, Samoa, like other Pacific island countries, faces constraints imposed by a small domestic market, high transportation costs, inefficiencies in the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector, weaknesses in physical infrastructure, and a weak business climate. 2. The economy is also highly exposed to external global conditions, and adverse weather, natural disasters, and crop disease—that is, factors beyond its control. The balance of payments, for example, relies heavily on the continued inflow of private remittances, official grants, and international tourism receipts (which are highly dependent on economic conditions in major trading partner markets such as Australia, New Zealand, and the United States). The economic cost of several cyclones in the early 1990s (which saw the ratio of government expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP) peak at more than 80% in FY1993), as well as the extensive damage to local food production as a result of the taro blight, offer other examples of the economies vulnerability. 3. Yet Samoa has overcome these inherent limitations through political stability, and prudent and decisive policy action based around major economic and public sector reforms. Macroeconomic and fiscal stability, liberalized financial markets, public service reforms, reduced government presence in commerce, improved infrastructure, and increased liberalization of the telecommunications and aviation markets have significantly improved the business environment. As a result, Samoa is widely regarded as a success story of the Pacific. -
KAY, Paul, and Chad K. Mcdaniel, the Linguistic Significance of the Meanings of Basic Color Language,Terms
7 8 Cecil H. Brown KAY, Paul, and Chad K. McDANIEL, The Linguistic Significance of the Meanings of Basic Color Language,Terms. 54:610-46. KEMPTON, Willett, 1978. Category Grading and Taxonomic Relations: a Mug Is a Sort ofAmerican Cup. Ethnologist, 5:44-65. ----------- , 1981. The Folk Classification of Ceramics: a Study of Cognitive Prototypes. New York, Academic Press. LAKOFF, George, 1987.Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about theChicago Mind. University Press. RANDALL, Robert A., 1977. Change and Variation in Samal Fishing: Making Plans to “Make a Living” in the Southern Philippines. PhD dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. ----------- , and Eugene S. HUNN, 1984. Do Life-forms Evolve or do Uses for Life? Some Doubts about Brown’s Universals Hypotheses.American Ethnologist, 11:329-49. ROSCH, Eleanor, 1975. Universals and Cultural Specifics in Human Categorization, in R.W. Brislin, S. Bochner, and W.J. Lonner (eds),Cross-cultural Perspectives on Learning: the Interface between Culture and Learning. New York, Halsted Press, pp. 177-206. ----------- , 1977. Human Categorization, in N. Warren (ed.),Studies in Cross-cultural Psychology, vol.l. New York, Academic Press, pp. 1-49. ----------- , and Carolyn B. MERVIS, 1975. Family Resemblances: Studies in the Internal Structure of Categories. Cognitive Psychology, 7:573-605. WIERZBICKA, Anna, 1985.Lexicography and Conceptual Analysis. Ann Arbor, Karoma. WITKOWSKI, Stanley R., Cecil H. BROWN, and P. CHASE, 1981. Where do Tree Terms Come from?Man, (n.s.) 16:1-14. FINGOTA/FANGOTA: SHELLFISH AND FISHING IN POLYNESIA Ross Clark University of Auckland A few years ago, in the course of a brief foray into the shallows of marine ethnotaxonomy (Clark 1981),11 suggested the possibility of “shellfish” as a labelled life-form category in some Polynesian languages. -
Samoa Socio-Economic Atlas 2011
SAMOA SOCIO-ECONOMIC ATLAS 2011 Copyright (c) Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) 2011 CONTACTS Telephone: (685) 62000/21373 Samoa Socio Economic ATLAS 2011 Facsimile: (685) 24675 Email: [email protected] by Website: www.sbs.gov.ws Postal Address: Samoa Bureau of Statistics The Census-Surveys and Demography Division of Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) PO BOX 1151 Apia Samoa National University of Samoa Library CIP entry Samoa socio economic ATLAS 2011 / by The Census-Surveys and Demography Division of Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS). -- Apia, Samoa : Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Government of Samoa, 2011. 76 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Disclaimer: This publication is a product of the Division of Census-Surveys & Demography, ISBN 978 982 9003 66 9 Samoa Bureau of Statistics. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions 1. Census districts – Samoa – maps. 2. Election districts – Samoa – expressed in this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of any funding or census. 3. Election districts – Samoa – statistics. 4. Samoa – census. technical agencies involved in the census. The boundaries and other information I. Census-Surveys and Demography Division of SBS. shown on the maps are only imaginary census boundaries but do not imply any legal status of traditional village and district boundaries. Sam 912.9614 Sam DDC 22. Published by The Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Govt. of Samoa, Apia, Samoa, 2015. Overview Map SAMOA 1 Table of Contents Map 3.4: Tertiary level qualification (Post-secondary certificate, diploma, Overview Map ................................................................................................... 1 degree/higher) by district, 2011 ................................................................... 26 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3 Map 3.5: Population 15 years and over with knowledge in traditional tattooing by district, 2011 ...........................................................................