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	Seacology - Samoa Falealupo 2006 project
		Falealupo is home to Seacology’s first project, the Falealupo Rainforest School.
		Once touted as the most beautiful village in Samoa, the white sand areas were covered with organic material during the hurricane, and as a result a scrubby, coastal assemblage of weed-like trees now covers the area.
		In return for funds to restore the former village area and beach and build a small trail and observation platform, the village will preserve for 50 years the unique Falealupo wetland which is home to threatened wild fowl species.
	www.seacology.org /projects/individualprojects/SAMOA_falealupo2006.htm (150 words)

	Seacology - Samoa Falealupo 1993 project
		The Samoan government told this remote village that if they did not build a better school, teachers would be removed and their children would not be educated.
		The Falealupo Rainforest School was constructed, and since that time Seacology has had a close relationship with the village.
		In 1999, the village announced that beginning January 1, 2000 monthly tourist revenues from the aerial canopy walkway will be used to fund a modest retirement fund for village elders.
	www.seacology.org /projects/individualprojects/SAMOA_falealupo1993.htm (279 words)

	Paul Cox & Fuiono Senio \| Goldman Prize
		The village of Falealupo on Savai'i Island in Western Samoa controls some of the largest tracts of lowland rainforest remaining in all of Polynesia.
		Since per capita income in Falealupo is less than $100, the village leaders felt they had no choice but to sell part of their rainforest to pay for the new school.
		The school was built and the 30,000 acre Falealupo Rainforest Preserve was established.
	www.goldmanprize.org /node/94 (454 words)

	Lafaialii v Attorney-General [2003] WSSC 8 (24 April 2003)
		AUVAA PAULO, SOLIA PAPU VAAI, LAMOSITELE SA, AEAU SUAUU, SEUMANUTAFA SAUNOA, FUIONO MASEESEE, SILIALAEI TITI, SOIFUA MANUELE, TAII MALELE, TAOFINUU FAATAI, being ALII and FAIPULE OF FALEALUPO.
		The plaintiffs as villagers of Falealupo were allowed to continue with their bible class and to erect a building for that purpose.
		(4) The banishment by the Alii and Faipule of Falealupo, the third defendant, of the plaintiffs and their families from the village of Falealupo because of their religious beliefs is a violation of the plaintiffs constitutional freedom of religion and is therefore declared void and of no effect.
	www.worldlii.org /paclii/ws/cases/WSSC/2003/8.html (3197 words)

	SAMOA FOREST HOLDS SECRET OF FUTURE DRUGS - January 25, 2005
		The picturesque village of Falealupo is at the far western end of Samoa's biggest island, Savai'i.
		Falealupo is also the home of the goddess of war, Nafanua, the founder of ancient Samoa.
		In February 1989 he signed, with 50 matai, "The Falealupo Covenant", whose purpose was "preserving forever the rainforests of the Falealupo peninsula", although in legal terms the deal was for 50 years.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2005/january/01-25-08.htm (1474 words)

	Forests, Flying Foxes and Samoans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Falealupo village resisted the logging company overtures, but deforestation seemed imminent when the village reluctantly agreed to lease their 30,000-acre forest to the logging company in return for funds to build a government-mandated school.
		Although we were successful in raising the US$ 85,000 necessary to build the school and free the village from debt to the loggers, the village leaders and I continued to seek a way to use the standing forest to generate a small stream of income from the preserve.
		Even a portion of the Falealupo forest was ravaged by fire, and may take hundreds of years to regenerate.
	www.plant-talk.org /stories/31samoa.html (2315 words)

	Conservation Ecology: Tropical forest reorganization after cyclone and fire disturbance in Samoa: remnant trees as ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Afterward, parts of the Falealupo and Tafua Rain Forest Preserves on the island of Savaií were also ravaged by forest fires.
		At Falealupo, the two study sites were located within a burned portion (approximately 100 ha) of the 3000-ha forest preserve (Cox and Elmqvist 1991).
		The samples were analyzed for moisture factor (MF) or percentage water content of the soil, the pH of the water contained in the soil, and total nitrogen (N), NH OAc-extractable calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), and Truog phosphorus (P) expressed as grams per kilogram of soil.
	sunsite.wits.ac.za /eco/vol5/iss2/art10/inline.html (5467 words)

	New friends in... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Falealupo, on the westernmost point of Savai’i, will be the last village in the southern hemisphere to see the sun set on the 20th century.
		Since annual per capita income in Falealupo is less than US$100, the village leaders felt they had no choice but to sell part of their rainforest to a lumber mill to pay for the new school.
		Before the forest could be logged, and with the enthusiastic consent of the village, Cox raised the money to construct a new school in return for a covenant protecting their rainforest for 100 years.
	www.ourplanet.com /imgversn/103/19_frie.htm (601 words)

	USP Journalism Online: Wansolwara
		One interesting case to emerge from this election is the case between the two candidates from the Falealupo constituency.
		The twist here comes from the fact that Aeau was ousted from the village of Falealupo through some village concensus, meaning he was in effect no longer able to participate in village affairs.
		The other prolific feature of the recent election is the number of cases that have reached the court regarding disputes over eligibility of candidates to hold certain chiefly or matai titles that enabled them in the first place to run from a certain constituency.
	www.usp.ac.fj /journ/docs/wansol/61ballot.html (860 words)

	WorldWide Religious News-Samoan village exiling dozens of followers of new religions
		The last village in the world to see the end of each day, Samoa's Falealupo, is in turmoil as its chiefs order the removal of dozens of people they accuse of practising forms of Christianity they do not accept.
		Falealupo is just east of the International Dateline and is the last place to bid farewell to each day.
		Samoan media reported this week that families were being forced out of Falealupo and their homes, and even a school, destroyed on the orders of matai or chiefs who have outlawed the Bible study group and its members.
	wwrn.org /article.php?idd=7261&sec=55&con=12 (769 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: Samoa claims rights to AIDS-fighting gene found in Pacific tree bark - October 22, 2004
		But Clark Peteru, a matai or chief in the far-western village Falealupo whose healers introduced the tree to University of California botanist Paul Cox, said the deal could raise hackles in other Pacific nations.
		The protein, the active ingredient in the new drug, was patented by Cox, the AIDS Research Alliance and the NCI.
		Falealupo had already benefited to the tune of 485,000 US dollars, he said, linked to prior agreements giving the scientists access to nearby forests.
	www.aegis.com /NEWS/AFP/2004/AF041076.html (858 words)

	Herbalgram ABC Lack of evidence of kava-related hepatoxicity
		At the beginnings of meetings of the village council, kava is usually served according to rank, reaffirming village chiefly titles and hierarchy.
		In Falealupo, one interview was conducted immediately following a kava ceremony, and questions were addressed to the assembly of 30—40 chiefs and orators.
		Two of the village healers, one from Saipipi and one from Falealupo, were able to describe in detail the signs and symptoms of liver dysfunction including jaundice and abdominal distention to the satisfaction of the physician and medical student on our team.
	www.kavaking.com /articles5.htm (2078 words)

	The Medicine Man - Paul Cox is one of a small breed of scientists trying to bring Native healing methods to the modern ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Falealupo is located at the northwestern tip of Savaii, the largest of ten volcanic islands that form the archipelago of Samoa.
		Cox describes Falealupo as a peaceful place, its light similar to a Gothic cathedral or redwood grove.
		But its ethereal qualities were shattered in 1987 when a logging company came to collect, in timber, on an $85,000 debt incurred by villagers who had borrowed money from the firm to build a school.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1169/is_2001_June-July/ai_76028896 (938 words)

	Ensuring equitable benefits: the Falealupo Covenant and the isolation of anti-viral drug prostratin from a Samoan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The discovery of prostratin as an anti-viral phorbol isolated from healer preparations of the rain forest tree Homalanthus nutans in Samoa illustrates the importance of careful liaison between western scientists and indigenous leaders.
		Development of prostratin as an anti-AIDS drug candidate was based on a carefully negotiated covenant between the chiefs and orators of Falealupo village and western researchers, with the concurrence of the Samoan Prime Minister and members of parliament.
		And, in August 2001 the AIDS Research Alliance (ARA) signed an agreement with the Prime Minister of Samoa guaranteeing a total of 20% of all ARA profits from the development of prostratin to be returned to Samoa.
	trophort.com /003/751/003751594.html (238 words)

	10/02/01 -- Saving the world's islands
		Many islands have small populations and poor economies, and loggers move in with the promise of building a school or health centre for the islanders in return for their rainforests.
		This was the case in the remote village of Falealupo in Savai'i island of Western Samoa, which controls some of the biggest tracts of lowland rainforest remaining in all of Polynesia.
		Among Seacology's first projects was the construction of an aerial rainforest canopy walkway at the Falealupo rainforest preserve which is now generating an average of $1,000 (44,000 baht) a month in ecotourism revenue.
	forests.org /archive/general/sawoisla.htm (1800 words)

	"Samoa Newsroom @ Eventpolynesia.com"
		At Falealupo earlier this week, the group were welcomed with a ava ceremony before visiting the Fagalei beach.
		Seacology is a non profit environment organization who have pledged to protect the environment and preserve some of its "highly endangered biodiversity of islands throughout the world." Under the guidance of its founder Dr. Paul Cox, Seacology has put a lot of monies in preserving endangered environments worldwide.
		An example was when the Falealupo school and the canopy walk were constructed in return for the guaranteed protection of over 30,000 acres of rainforest, placed under the conservation of the Seacology programme for 50 years.
	www.eventpolynesia.com /news&info/samoa/galleryarchive/SA2_page_gal09jul06.htm (2061 words)

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		The two men met while Cox was living in Western Samoa, conducting ethnobotanical research in the village of Falealupo.
		The Falealupo rain forest is the first of its kind to be endowed with funds to protect it from outside development pressures.
		Cox was instrumental in preserving the Falealupo rain forest by raising the funds needed to help the village build a school for its children, obviating the need to sell the rain forest timber.
	www.herbalgram.org /iherb/herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=172 (591 words)

	Police v Isopo [2006] WSSC 24 (8 May 2006)
		On Friday night, 24 March 2006, the victim, who is 13 years old, was sleeping with her siblings inside a mosquito net at their open Samoan fale at the village of Falealupo in Savaii.
		The accused, a 32 year old male of Falealupo, was drinking alcohol with friends the same night.
		Later during the night, the accused crept into the Samoan fale where the victim was sleeping, entered the mosquito net and fondled with the victim’s breasts.
	www.worldlii.org /paclii/ws/cases/WSSC/2006/24.html (386 words)

	LOCAL NEWS: STORY \| Samoa Observer Online: The Information Portal of Samoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		A Falealupo untitled man has told the Supreme Court that a fellow villager, on trial for murder, stabbed a man to death in front of him.
		The Supreme Court is hearing the murder trial of 40-year-old Mose Togia Kalepo, of Falealupo.
		They have alleged that the incident occurred on 23 November 2003, at Falealupo after Kalepo and Mr Ui were drinking with a group of untitled village men.
	www.samoaobserver.ws /news/local/ln0705/3005ln005.htm (477 words)

	Samoa. In: Amnesty International Report 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		In May, Tuasivi District Court sentenced 42 people from Falealupo village to four weeks' imprisonment and another 12 villagers to two months' imprisonment for refusing to obey orders by the Land and Titles Court to stop their Bible classes and other religious activities.
		In September, the Land and Titles Court upheld decisions by Falealupo village council to banish the prisoners and 144 other villagers from Falealupo and to prohibit them from forming a new church.
		In October police reportedly forced the majority of the banished villagers to leave Falealupo, despite court instructions to suspend their eviction pending the appeal.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2001.nsf/webasacountries/SAMOA?OpenDocument (547 words)

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		The price, availability and star rating information for the hotels is clearly listed so you can find the Falealupo hotels with available rooms and compare hotel rates quickly and easily.
		Creating your own shortlist of hotels (using the shortlist icon at the left of the hotel name) helps you keep track of any hotels you may wish to view later.
	www.laterooms.com /en/k16536608_falealupo-hotels.aspx (308 words)

	Heroes of Medicine: The Plant Hunter
		The family settled on the island of Savai'i in the isolated village of Falealupo, the westernmost point of Western Samoa, one of the world's poorest countries (average annual per capita income: $100).
		One isolate, called prostratin, appeared to inhibit growth of the AIDS virus, at least in the test tube, leading the NCI to patent it.
		If prostratin should ever be developed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration, both the Western Samoan government and the citizens of Falealupo could be in for a windfall under a royalty arrangement that Cox worked out between both entities and the NCI.
	www.time.com /time/reports/heroes/plant5.html (808 words)

	Pacific Magazine: Fighting Extinctions
		It started in 1993, when ethnobotanist Paul Cox was studying the rain forest near the Samoan village of Falealupo on the island of Savai'i.
		High Chief Fuiono Senio and others in the village reported to Cox that they were negotiating with a logging company to sell 30,000 acres of rain forest land for logging.
		In 1997, after the school was built, Falealupo and Seacology decided to see if they could earn some money from saving the unique rainforest environment.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm112002/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0004 (887 words)

	Falealupo
		Falealupo is the most westerly point in Samoa and it is the closest point to the International Dateline.
		This was built by a Brazilian Organization for conserving rain forests in falealupo.
		According to Samoan legend, it was at this point that the giant Moso put his right foot as hie stepped across the ocean to other island.
	www.geocities.jp /habarinzuri/e-falealupo.html (105 words)

	Samoa: Cure aids conservation by Michael Field \| New Zealand Listener
		Polynesian tradition and Western measurement strikingly converge at Falealupo, a small Samoan village whose matai or chiefs have joined modern science in a deal with worldwide implications.
		Although Samoans were not consulted on the date-line in 1884, Falealupo, population around 2000, had a deeper connection with life’s end game.
		The work continued and Cox himself, and a not-for-profit organisation called Seacology, funded Falealupo, so far to the tune of $US485,000.
	listener.co.nz /issue/3376/features/3217/cure_aids_conservation.html (885 words)

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		The 30,000 acres of rainforest surrounding Falealupo village on the island of Savai’i in Western Samoa comprise one of the world’s last surviving ancient tropical rainforests.
		By rich countries’ standards, Falealupo’s debt for building the school might appear small - $55,000 - but it was a huge amount of money for the community.
		Paul said, “While foreign ownership of rainforest land may be a good idea in some countries, it is not acceptable in others.” Paul stressed it was much better to work with island inhabitants by helping them economically, and supporting their natural desire to preserve the tropical rainforests.
	sleekfreak.ath.cx:81 /3wdev/CD3WD/HEALTH/H1063E/B700_25.HTM (1069 words)

	Pacific Magazine: A Positive Aids Connection
		Another 6.7 percent goes to the village on Savai’i, next to the Falealupo Rain Forest, where the healers live who provided the initial health information that eventually led to the pact.
		The Associated Press reported that the families of two Samoan women, who died in their 80s after passing along their knowledge of the healing powers of the trees, will each receive 0.4 percent.
		Cox found the plant in the village of Falealupo in Savai’i and ARA identified the Samoan plant “mamala” as “Homalanthus nutans.”
	www.pacificislands.cc /issue/2002/02/01/a-positive-aids-connection (608 words)

	Falealupo Map \| Samoa Google Satellite Maps
		This place is situated in Samoa, its geographical coordinates are 13° 30' 0" South, 172° 48' 0" West and its original name (with diacritics) is Falealupo.
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	www.maplandia.com /samoa/falealupo (561 words)

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