Coa U Astal Mana Using Eco Agement a System-Ba (Samoa
Coastal Managa ement Adaptation to Climate Change using Ecosystem-based Adapptation Strategies (Samoa Component) Prepared for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) by Courtney Schupp 13 January 2014 Acknowledgements The author would like to thank the following people for providing information and support to accomplish this project: Taua Latu Afioga (MNRE Environment & Conservation), So'oalo Tito Alatimu (MNRE Forestry), Paul Anderson (SPREP), James Atherton (environmental consultant, Samoa), Toai Bartley (MNRE), Tim Carruthers (SPREP), Stuart Chape (SPREP), Seema Deo (SPREP), Suemalo Talie Foliga (MNRE Forestry), Maiava Veni Gaugatao (MNRE Forestry), Carlo Iacovino (SPREP), Bruce Jeffries (SPREP), Vainuupo Jungblut (SPREP), Samantha Kwan (MNRE Environment & Conservation), Shaw Mead (eCoast Consulting), David Moverly (SPREP), Filomena Nelson (MNRE Disaster Management Office), Suluimalo Amataga Penaia (MNRE Acting CEO), Peteli Pese (MNRE Forestry), Muliaga David Peterson (Vaiula Beach Fales), Moafanua Tolusina Pouli (MNRE Forestry), Doug Ramsay (NIWA), Titi Simi (MNRE Disaster Management Office), Posa Skelton (SPREP), Trevor and Ana Stevenson (Stevensons Resort), Tepa Suaesi (SPREP), Faleafaga Toni Tipama'a (MNRE), Tapulolou Tuailemafua (USP), Loto Tuita'alili (MNRE Forestry), Juney Ward (MNRE Environment & Conservation), and Art Whistler (University of Hawaii-Manoa). 2 Chapter 1 Introduction to Ecosystem-based Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Management Plans Introduction Samoa consists of four main inhabited islands (Upolu, Savai’i, Manono annd Apolima) and six smaller uninhabited islands (Figure 1). The islands lie between 13ºS–14ºS and 1700ºW–173ºW and have a total land area of approximately 2934 km2 (Samoa’s First National Communication under the UNFCCC, 2000) and shoreline length of 573 km (MNREM 2005). Its population of over 195,000 (CIA 2013) lives primarily in coastal villages, and fishing and agriculture support subsistence living in addition to providing income through sales at open-air markets.
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