Fagasa Village is one of four villages on Tutuila Island that allowed their primary rainforest to be incorporated into the National Park of American Samoa. The chiefs of Fagasa Village are concerned by the incursions of the aggressive tamarind tree in the rainforests of the national park that surround their village. Originally introduced to American Samoa as a street tree, this species is shading out primary rainforest species and is damaging the national park.
Seacology is providing funds to the Fagasa Chiefs Council to completely remove invasive tamarind trees from their land that has been leased to the park.