{"id":11868,"date":"2022-06-07T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T01:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2022-06-07T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T01:01:11","slug":"green-canopy-tree-planting-honours-her-majestys-70-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=11868","title":{"rendered":"Green Canopy Tree Planting Honours Her Majesty\u2019s 70 years of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>APIA, SAMOA \u2013 07 JUNE 2022:<\/strong> The British High Commissioner to Samoa, HE David Ward, and Seumalo Afele Faiilagi, ACEO of Division of Environment Conservation planted a tree at the Vailima Botanical Garden to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 70 years of service to the UK and across the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen\u2019s Green Canopy is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty\u2019s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the globe to \u201cPlant a Tree for the Jubilee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>talafalu<\/em> tree was specifically selected as it is the host\/food plant for the Samoan swallowtail butterfly. The MNRE division of Environment Conservation and the Samoa Conservation Society plan to reintroduce the <em>talafalu<\/em> tree back to Samoa from American Samoa; and then to reintroduce the Samoan swallowtail butterfly.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Queen\u2019s Green Canopy celebrations, HE David Ward announced UK\u2019s funding contribution of \u00a310,000 (SAT $33.2K) towards the Vailima Botanical Garden Zoning Project for the installation of accessibility resources for persons with disabilities including the extension of the wheelchair accessible pathway.<\/p>\n<p>The Art Whistler Memorial Garden at the Vailima Botanical Garden (VBG) is the only wheelchair-accessible natural tourist attraction in Samoa. 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