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

WE SAY: Opportunities, challenges of Green Economy

Submitted by: Beth | Date: 12 Aug 2011 | Source:

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‘The Pacific Islands region has notched up consistently significant achievements in the renewable energy space in the past few years. It is on these that the region needs to build on. So far, it has been fairly successful in attracting funding for small sustainable energy projects with reports of their success appearing in the regional media quite regularly’ Over the past decade, increased global awareness of issues related to climate change and sea level rise has brought their...

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Resource-Rich Economies Lift Pacific's Performance - ADB Report

Submitted by: Beth | Date: 29 Jun 2011 | Source:

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The recovery in the global economy will help the Pacific economies improve in 2011. The strongest gains are expected in the resource-rich countries that are benefiting from both major new resource projects and better world commodity prices, says the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor. The report, released today, projects that the 14 economies of the Pacific will expand by 6.3% in 2011, up from 5.3% last year. The resource-rich Papua New Guinea (...

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Seychelles fortalece los lazos con los pequeños Estados insulares y establece relaciones diplomáticas con Nauru

Submitted by: admin | Date: 21 Apr 2011

Seychelles ha establecido formalmente relaciones diplomáticas con la isla de Nauru tras un acuerdo de firma celebrada en Nueva York el viernes pasado week.Seychelles "Representante Permanente ante las Naciones Unidas Embajador Ronny Jumeau acompañado por el Sr. Selby Pillay, el Consejero Principal de nuevo en las Seychelles Misión Permanente ante las Naciones Unidas, llevar el intercambio de documentos en nombre de Seychelles.Signing en nombre de la República de Nauru, su Representante...

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