Samoa revives Natural Enemies - Natural Solutions (NENS) to control priority weeds

Abstract

Samoa officially rekindles its fight against invasive species by incorporating the NENS programme into its management efforts to control widespread invasive weeds in the country. Samoa joins the likes of Cook Islands, Tonga and Niue focusing initially on two invasive weeds, African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) and Koster’s curse (Clidemia hirta), with more target weeds forthcoming such as the tamaligi.