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An above view of the square blue house, shows two of the structures walls and three side of the yellow pyramid roof. The house is elevated on stilts and has a set of stairs that lead up to the front entrance.
Fale: enclosed 4 (Samoa)
Diagram showing example indicators for nearshore marine habitat in the Pacific, including coral cover, coral health, fish biomass, fish richness, and water quality.
Diagram showing example indicators for nearshore…
Diagram showing key threats to Pacific Island nations.
Diagram showing key threats to Pacific Island…
Illustration of a fale.
Fale 6 (Samoa)
Illustration of a Fale damaged by a tsunami.
Fale: Tsunami damaged (Samoa)
Illustration of Trochomorpha apia, a snail endemic to Samoa and American Samoa. It is classified as Endangered by the IUCN.
Trochomorpha apia
A typical offshore fishing boat in Samoa.
Double-hulled fishing boat (Samoa)
Illustration of a Palagi (foreigner) house in Samoa. This style of housing is usually enclosed, built of concrete bricks and a corrugated iron roof.
Palagi house (Samoa)
Illustration of a traditional outrigger canoe from Samoa.
Outrigger canoe (Samoa)
Coastal road and seawall to the northeast of Apia, Samoa.
Coastal road and seawall in Samoa
A typical double-hulled fishing boat, used for offshore fishing. Currently moored outside the fish market in Apia, Samoa.
Double-hulled fishing boat (Samoa)
Double-hulled fishing boats in the harbour near the fish market, in Apia, Samoa.
Double-hulled fishing boats (Samoa)
Enclosed fale (Samoan house) with pandanus leaves drying out front, which are used for weaving.
Enclosed fale with drying pandanus leaves
Local fish market in Apia, Samoa.
Fish market in Apia, Samoa
Merremia peltata, an invasive vine, climbs a coconut palm and the neighbouring forest in Samoa. Photo taken on the northwest coastal road of Upolu, Samoa.
Merremia smothering a coconut palm
Fancy fale and gardens in Samoa, on the north-west coast of Upolu.
Samoan fale
Fishermen heading home with their catch at sunset, on the northeast coast of Samoa near Lufilufi and the Piula Cave Pool.
Samoan fisherman at sunset
Fishermen heading home with their catch at sunset, on the northeast coast of Samoa near Lufilufi and the Piula Cave Pool.
Samoan fishermen at sunset
Steps cut in coconut palm for easy harvesting, on the northwest coast of Upolu, Samoa.
Steps cut in coconut palm
fale
Fale 3 (Samoa)
fale.
Fale 4 (Samoa)
Illustration of an enclosed fale.
Fale: enclosed 1 (Samoa)
A fale is a traditional, oval, Samoan building with wooden posts holding up a domed roof. This is a more modern, rectangular version of a fale.
Fale 1 (Samoa)
fale
Fale 2 (Samoa)
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