The Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone is located in the
Va'a-o-Fonoti District of
Samoa
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, on eastern
Upolu Island.
Description
The site is a nexus of sorts between the natural and cultural worlds: the largest
tropical rain forest
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on any
Pacific
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island with unique flora and fauna accompanied by the traditional
Samoan cultural practices of
Fa'a Samoa and the ''
matai'' system.
[Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone - UNESCO World Heritage Centre]
Retrieved 2009-03-24.
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the
UNESCO
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World Heritage
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Tentative List on December 21, 2006, in the Mixed (Cultural + Natural) category.
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See also
* List of protected areas of Samoa
*Samoan plant names
Below are some Samoan plant names in alphabetical order in the Samoan language and their corresponding descriptions in English language, English. Many are used in traditional medicines in the Samoa Islands comprising Samoa and American Samoa.
Se ...
, includes scientific and English names. Many used in traditional Samoan medicine.
*Geography of Samoa
The Samoan archipelago is a chain of 16 islands and numerous seamounts covering in the central Pacific Ocean, South Pacific, south of the equator, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region ...
Notes
References Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Accessed 2009-03-03.
Geography of Samoa
Environment of Samoa
Nature conservation in Samoa
Protected areas of Samoa
Va'a-o-Fonoti
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