Among the measures being taken are a ban on fishing and mining activities in vast marine protected areas
“Like other Pacific island nations, challenges like marine habitat destruction, overfishing, and pollution threaten the health of Samoa’s ocean, which endanger the well-being of our people,” Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster, Samoa’s natural resources and environment minister, told This Week in Asia.
“Samoa’s marine spatial plan addresses these urgent issues and offers solutions to sustain the ocean and what it provides for us now and for future generations.”
Such planning has become increasingly common across the Pacific, even as global progress on the so-called “30x30” pledge – to protect 30 per cent of Earth’s land and ocean area by 2030 – has slowed.
