National capacity self-assessment (NCSA): national capacity needs, constraints and priorities for the implementation of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN-CBD) : Samoa

Two decades before she ratified the CBD, Samoa was among the first of the small island states in the South Pacific to establish a system of both state and indigenous grassroots community managed terrestrial and marine protected areas; to launch public awareness and community action on the conservation of her biological resources; to establish policy and legislative measures and institutions for the management and sustainable use of components of her biodiversity components.