The Sosaiete Fa'asao o Samoa's INSPIRE Project is researching and identifying the most effective and sustainable invasive predator management approaches that deliver the greatest conservation outcomes under Samoa's conditions and local context, said Lotomaulalo Levi, Project Coordinator for the Samoa INSPIRE Project.
During the week of 22-26 June, the Sosaiete Fa'asao o Samoa (SFS) KIWA INSPIRE Project hosted a week-long field technical training course in the Malololelei Conservation Area with technical advisor Josh Kemp from regional partner BirdLife International.
The training was designed to strengthen the capacity of SFS staff to install, operate, maintain, and monitor a range of invasive species suppression tools currently being trialled in the conservation area. Participants also received practical training in digital field technologies, including Rappt.io, AlpineQuest, the AT220 NZAT platform and Wildlife Acoustics' Songmeter Configuration platforms, improving their ability to collect high-quality field data and support evidence-based conservation management.
According to Lotomaulalo, the project focuses on determining which invasive species management methods are the most effective, practical, and sustainable under Samoa's unique environmental conditions while protecting some of the country's most threatened wildlife species.
