Stat of the week: In American Samoa, 71% of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas are covered by protected areas in average in 2021
In American Samoa, 71% of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are covered by protected areas in average in 2021.
This is one of the highest rate reported in the Pacific. KBAs are the most important places in the world for species and their habitats…
Stat of the week: Visitors in American Samoa in 2020
There were only 890 visitors to American Samoa🇦🇸 in 2020. This represents a 98% decrease compared to 2019 (58,668) which was actually the peak number of visitors over the last 10 years.
Stat of the week: COVID-19 vaccination in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories
As of 30 March 2021 a little over 260k doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in 12 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (Am. Samoa, Fiji, Fr. Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Ils, FSM, New Caledonia, Mariana Ils, Palau, PNG, Solomon Islands,…
[Virtual] Training on Fisheries Management for Kiribati & Nauru
This is a virtual training workshop with Fisheries officers from Kiribati and Nauru. The training is 2 hours every morning for 5 days.
23rd Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network Coordinating Body Meeting
The key objective of the meeting is to review, discuss and make recommendations about PPHSN services (PacNet, LabNet, EpiNet, PICNet, PSSS and SHIP/DDM capacity development programme) to Pacific Heads of Health.