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Islands in the Clouds : BioRap - Savaii Island, Samoa

This video is about a Rapid Biodiversity Assessment Survey (BIORAP) carried out in the upland cloud forests of the Samoan island of Savaii, the largest contiguous area of tropical forest in Polynesia. Savaii lies within the Polynesia-Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot and includes all the islands of Micronesia, Polynesia and Fiji. The purpose of the BIORAP was to improve the state of knowledge of this important area and to provide a basis for the conservation and management of nationally, regionally and globally important ecosystems, biodiversity and threatened species. A particular focus of the survey was to gain a better understanding of Samoa’s endemic, rare and endangered plants and animals.