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CLIMATE
BASED
ADAPTATION
IN SAMOA
•Samoa,
a
small
island
developing
state in the South
West Pacific.
• As
a
semi
subsistence
nation
with approx 70% of
its population and
infrastructure
lying in the lowly
coastal areas
•Posing
risks
to
Samoas
sustainable
development
&
livelihood
Picture - United Nations Development Programme - Climate Based Adaptation Team SAMOA
Mr Kevin Petrini & Ms Leotele Leaupepe & UNDP colleagues at Vaovai wetland site.
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CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
 Extreme high rainfall events
 Drought
 High sea levels
 Damaging winds
 Extreme high air temperatures
 The focus of the CBA project will be
to
target
‘village
communities’
whose climate change risks include
damage to homes and properties,
threatened water supply and quality,
damage
to
subsistence
and
commercial,
coastal
erosion,
flooding
and
degradation
of
ecosystems.
CBA PROJECT
PORTFOLIOS
Avao, Saleia
& Vaipouli
Villages
AVAO/VAIPOULI/SAL
EIA VILLAGE
PROJECT: SAVAII
ISLANDS
‘Reduce the
vulnerability of
communities and
coastal
ecosystems in
Avao/Vaipouli and
Salei’a villages
to climate
change’
Deepen
Wetland
channel
Construct
rock wall to
reduce
flooding of
houses from
the wetland
LELEPA
VILLAGE
PROJECT –
Savaii Island
‘To
reduce
the
vulnerability
of
the
Lelepa Village community
and the ecosystems on
which
they
rely
to
climate change in climate
variability
&
reducing
the impacts of climate
change ‘
CBA PROJECTS: PIPELINE
• Matafaa Village Concept :
‘Clearing
and
developing the village spring to its original
natural environment’
CBA COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION &
VOLUNTEERISM
 In Samoa :
 the family and
 the feeling of belonging,
Is integral part of the Samoan way of life or (faaSamoa)
and communities are tightly knit.
CBA community participation:
 such as women’s committees,
 youth groups,
 churches,
 village council of chiefs,
 farmers association and etc, these represents just
about every facet of Samoan society.
UNDP – CBA TEAM: SAMOA
United Nations Office
Matautu Uta, Apia
SAMOA
T: 00685 25557
E: [email protected]
[email protected]