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

United Kingdom Joins SPREP

Date: 18 Sep 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

15 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has joined SPREP. The UK announced it had joined SPREP at the 24th Post-Forum Dialogue Partners’ Meeting, which convened on 31 August 2012, in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. According to SPREP, its members are now: American Samoa, Australia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France,...

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Cetacean MOU Signatories Meet to Address Threats to Dolphins and Whales

Date: 14 Sep 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

8 September 2012: Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region (Pacific Cetaceans MOU) held their third meeting on 8 September 2012, in Noumea, New Caledonia, addressing the threats facing whales and dolphins in the Pacific Islands Region. With support from representatives of collaborating organizations and country observers, the Signatories endorsed a recovery plan for the endangered humpback whale population...

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SPC Convenes Training on Monitoring Adaptation of Coastal Fisheries

Date: 07 Sep 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

6 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), in collaboration with the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD), hosted a training course on monitoring adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change during the first week of September, in Noumea, New Caledonia. The course was a component of the Australian Government-funded “Monitoring the vulnerability and adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change” project. According to SPC, the project aims to detect...

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