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Marine Biodiversity Conservation Project - Savaia Village

The Savaia Marine Biodiversity Project is a village based, owned and operated protected area where marine resources are managed in a sustainable manner for the benefit of village people now and in the future. The aim is to sustain the momentum and success of the existing marine reserve by extending its boundaries to accord protection to a wider area of the village marine environment and to reintroduce certain marine species that were once abundant in the area.
1. Improve village capacity - education / training / production of information
2. Project Management - Extension of marine boundary / Rare marine species reintroduction / Sustainable harvesting plan/ Develop IGA / Develop & approve village by-laws pertaining to the reserve / review and update project management plan
3. Research - data collection / marine impact studies / carry-out socio-economic studies on impact of reserve
4. Monitoring - Continue fish monitroing / night patrolling / replace damaged markers / document lessons learnt *****
PROJECT UPDATE: Project complete & needs evaluation of first phase.
Currently proposing for top-up to expand the project to Eco-tourism, Women Development and Marine Reserve Monitoring.*****

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Savaia - Alii ma Faipule

Country:

Samoa

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 15,364.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 1,916.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 3,831.00

Project Number:

WSM/OP3/01/05/35

Start Date:

11/2005

End Date:

5/2007

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Capacity - Building Component

1. Two village attachment trainings to the Fisheries Division 2. Management Training course for project committee 3. Fisheries Division will conduct a monitoring training for project committee 4. Fisheries Division help in teaching marine science in the village school

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Majority of people involved are indigenous people

Gender Focus

Promotes gender equity

Policy Impact

Review existing project management plan and update Review existing village by-laws to provide more emphasis on heavy penalty impose on illegal fishing and harvesting of marine resources on anyone who breaks the law.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Strong emphasis on sustainable livelihoods through; Project Committee is also looking at income generating activities that can emerge out of the project

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The community has a small trust fund, which they save any money earned from the project. This trust fund will help sustain project activities once the project is phase-out and they haven't found another partner. However, the village strongly believes that they will be able to forge other partners before the SGP support ceased to exist.

Notable Community Participation

The whole village is committed to the project: Village chiefs / matais Womens Committee Untitled Men / aumaga Unmarried women / sao'ao Church groups

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Village awareness workshops on marine conservation Production of education and training materials for schools and community

Project Results

First phase: USD$15364.00
Disbursement release:
SGP grant: 13/12/2005: USD $2796.93
Second payment: 30/04/2007: USD $8084.00
Final payment: 27/04/2007: USD $4483.00
Total amount disbursed: USD $15,363.93

Disbursement Remaining:
Funds fully utilized, overspending of USD $0.07 due to exchange rates at the time.

MOA for second phase cannot be located (Second phase: USD$19730.00)
Disbursement release:
Savaia M BioDiv Cons Payment: 12/09/2007: USD 692.31
First payment - Savaia Marine Cons: 17/04/2008: USD $5919
SGP PEF SamGrant Savaia 08: 22/09/2008: USD $5919
Total: 12,530.31

Disbursement Remaining: USD 7,199.69

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