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Home > Network > Samoa > Projects ØDescription ØA Brief History ØMission/Vision ØProjects ØSuccess stories ØFuture Direction ØDonors ØBoard members ØContact Info   NETWORK ØFoundation for   People and   Community   Development, PNG ØFSP Kiribati ØFSP Vanuatu ØIsland Consulting   (Vanuatu) ØO Le Siosiomaga   Society Inc,   Samoa ØPartners in   Community    Development   in Fiji (PCDF) ØSolomon Island   Development Trust   (SIDT) ØTonga Trust ØTuvalu Association   of NGOs (TANGO) ØTimor Aid METROPOLITAN MEMBERS ØAustralian   Foundation of the   Peoples of Asia   and the Pacific   (AFAP),   Australia ØCounterpart   International,   USA ØJust World   Partners

O Le Siosiomaga Society has a broad range of programmes in Health and Youth, Natural Resource Management and Education. Several Donor agencies assisted and have been generous to the work of OLSSI during the past decade. The following projects were implemented with the financial help from those assistance.   Current Projects      Work of OLSSI with Villages Advocacy since 1990 Education & Awareness Seminars since 1990 Sili Rainforest Conservation since 1999 Aopo Cloud Forest Conservation since 1994 Faala Village Savaii since 1991 Salelologa Coastal Lowland Forest Conservation since 1991 Environmental Video Resources Centre since 1992 Samoan Environment Glossary since 1993 Advocacy work on WSSD - climate change, biodiversity, Agenda 21, international waters, POPs, Ozone depleting substances, invasive species, UNEP underlying causes for deforestation and forest degradation Climate justice with the Dutch government FAO community forestry on watershed areas FAO on trees outside of forests (TOF) Herbal medicine with WWF funding   Future Projects                                                                                upá Advocacy on WSSD issues Nuclear Free Independent Pacific Reviving Traditional Samoan Meeting Houses Collecting and Publishing Data on traditional methodology, ceremonial, language, and knowledge on harvesting of marine resources Clean development mechanism - UNFCCC/GEF Forestry conservation Community-based forestry management Waste management Special environmental events Climate justice Biodiversity conservation - CBD/GEF International waters - GEF Marine resources conservation Inbound tour coordination Ecotour planning and coordination Past Projects                                                        upá OLSSI/Village Consultation Process Rainforest - Funding under Global Environment Facility (GEF) to reverse environmental degradation caused be the extensive deforestation leading to an increase in droughts, bush fires and soil erosion. Uafato Conservation Area Project 1993 – 2002 Tafua Peninsula (1991 – 1993) Pacific Sustainable Development Network (PSDN) Environment Talk Back Show Samoan Herbal Medicine Book 1994 - 1995 New Zealand Geographic Documentary 1996 South Pacific Art Festival (South Pacific Traditional Healers workshop) 1996 Environmental Legislative Review Conservation of the Savaii forest. The Sili Hydro Electric Project. Swedish Society for Nature Conservation - Faala, Salelologa, Tafua, Aopo, forest conservation Canafa Fund - Video Resource Center First ever Samoa Environment Glossary - Capacity 21 (UNDP/SPREP) SPBCP Conservation Area in Uafato - GEF/UNDP - Birdlife Pacific Sustainable Network - PSDNP/UNDP Canada Fund - Medicinal Plant Book Publication Community Forestry Survey - AusAID/SPRIG Coordinate the NZ Geographic Magazine National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (NBSAP) Clean up the world campaign Australia International Environmental Documentary Video Training workshop - Canada Fund Conference coordination Part of the National Task Forces and Steering Committees of the Government Department of Lands Survey and Environment in the areas of climate change, biodiversity, ozone depletion, biosafety, waste management, invasive species, international waters, persistent organic pollutants, chemicals and pesticides, energy, and other national environmental policy committees

2003 ØNewsletter March ØNewsletter February 2002 ØNewsletter December   CONTACT INFO Address: P.O Box 5774, Matautu, Apia, Western Samoa Phone: +685 25897 Fax : +685 2199 E-mail: fiu.elisara@ lesamoa.net ngo_siosiomaga@ samoa.ws NEWSLETTER Register to the O Le Siosiomaga Society Newsletter! DO YOU KNOW? OLSSI has a membership of more than fifty financial members including international & local residents. PROJECTS Popular Environmental Evening Questions & Answers Program with Village Children