National Environment and Development Sector Plan (NESP) 2013-2016 Country/Territory Samoa Document type Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Sea, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Disasters Public health Sustainable development Risk assessment/management Climate change Capacity building Environmental standards Environmental planning Environmental security Tourism Governance Monitoring Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance Marine pollution Financing Marine area Marine protected areas Maritime zone Ecosystem preservation Coastal zone management Protected area Protection of species Protection of habitats Biodiversity Access and benefit-sharing Geographical area ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract The Vision of the present Plan is defined as follows: Samoa’s natural and built environments are well protected and resilient to natural and human-induced hazards, and supporting a sustainable and healthy human population. Whereas its goal is improved environmental sustainability and disaster resilience through Green Growth. In particular, the Plan articulates the afore-mentioned overall Vision and Goal for the environment sector, and the higher level outcomes that it seeks to achieve. Furthermore, it reflects the overall Vision and Goal of the Strategy for the Development of Samoa (SDS) and in doing so, clarifies how the national goal and vision will be achieved in the qualities of the natural environment that the present Plan represents and is responsible for. Full text English