Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Emergency Management of an Incursion of Mongoose on Upolu Island, Samoa

Grantee Name: Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Hotspot: Polynesia-Micronesia
Location: Samoa
Amount: $4,103
Dates: Dec 2009 – Apr 2011
Keywords: Awareness, Invasive alien species

Manage an incursion of mongoose on Upolu Island, Samoa by conducting animal trapping, encouraging support and participation of local communities in the management of the mongoose invasion, and improving community awareness and understanding of biosecurity risks and of invasive species and their impacts in general.

Strategic Direction :

1 Prevent, control, and eradicate invasive species in key biodiversity areas