Tuvalu

Capital City:

Funafuti (Fongafale)

Languages:

Tuvaluan, English

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	2	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	33.33	33.33	33.33	33.33	33.33	33.33	33.33	33.33		World Bank

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2005	Source
Country population	10,441	World Bank
Population annual growth		World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)		World Bank

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage												UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)												World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index												UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)												World Bank

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	94					96			97			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
Energy Strategy - Tuvalu	Pacific Regional Energy Assessment 2004: Tuvalu		2004
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Tuvalu	Initial national communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.	Strategy Description	1999
NAPA - Tuvalu	Tuvalu’s National Adaptation Programme of Action	Strategy Description	2007
NBSAP - Tuvalu	Tuvalu National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan: Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity	Strategy Description	2009
NSDS - Tuvalu	National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2005-2015	Strategy Description	2005

UNEP Provides Update on Billion Tree Campaign

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

29 July 2010: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has reported that participants from seven additional countries have joined its Billion Tree Campaign, bringing the total number of countries represented to 185. The newest participants are from: Andorra, Estonia, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Tajikistan and Tuvalu. According to UNEP, the Campaign continues to generate momentum, with large-scale tree-planting activities registered in numerous countries. In Estonia, the forest department...

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SPREP Meeting Adopts Strategic Plan for 2011-2015

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

9 September 2010: The 21st meeting of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) convened in Madang, Papua New Guinea, from 6-10 September 2010, and concluded with the adoption of a Strategic Plan for 2011-2015. The Plan will guide regional environmental cooperation and the work of SPREP with four priorities: climate change; biodiversity and ecosystem management; waste management and pollution prevention; and environmental monitoring and governance. According to the meeting Communiqué,...

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UNGA General Debate Addresses Climate Change and Governance Issues

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

28 September 2010: As the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) annual high-level debate continued on 28 September 2010, high-level representatives from developing countries urged greater global support in responding to climate change. A number of developing country representatives called on developed States to take urgent action to address climate change. The Bahamas indicated that, in collaboration with other small island developing States (SIDS), it called on the international community to undertake...

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