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World Database on Protected Areas
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global...
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National Report to the 3rd SIDS Conference
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This report was presented by Tuvalu during the 3rd international conference on small island developing states. It reported the status of sustainable development (SD), outlining the good...
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Action Plan for Implementing the CBD's Work on Protected Areas
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
Tuvalu signed the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992. The program of the Work Protected Areas is one of the successes of the convention. This action plan therefore presents the...
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ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) - Tuvalu
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) provides a global digital elevation model (DEM) of land areas on Earth at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second...
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Funafuti Conservation Area - Lessons for Future Marine Conservation Planning and Management
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
The Funafuti Conservation Area project has been relatively successful, therefore this report documents the lessons learned as well as providing a useful model for similar marine...
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Statement at "The Whale in a Changing Ocean" Conference
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
Tuvalu Statement at the Whale in a Changing Ocean Conference, Vava'u, Tonga, 2017
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Tuvalu State of the Environment Report 2022
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
State of Environment Report 1993 & State of Environment Report 2022 Tuvalu’s State of Environment Report was first developed in 1993 to raise awareness among the people of Tuvalu on...
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Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery - Tuvalu
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
SENTINEL-2 is a wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral imaging mission, supporting Copernicus Land Monitoring studies, including the monitoring of vegetation, soil and water cover,...
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National Action Plan for Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (NSAP) describes the people of Tuvalu’s priorities for immediate actions in the face of climate change.
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Patterns of island change and persistence offer alternate adaptation pathways for atoll nations
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This article presents an analysis of shoreline change in all 101 islands in the Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu. Using remotely sensed data, change is analysed over the past four decades,...
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Tuvalu Marine Life
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This project report has two components 1) a field survey of the fish biodiversity of Tuvalu’s reefs and lagoons, as well as documenting the species commonly caught by local fishermen and...
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Dataset
PA data from WDPA
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Dataset
Publicly available data for Tuvalu from the world database on protected areas. This data needs to be reviewed and updated.
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Anthropogenic Impacts on Water quality of the lagoonal coast of Fongafale Islet
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This paper investigates the water quality of the densely populated lagoonal coasts in Fongafale Islet, and the occurrence of water pollution. A comparison was then made with less...
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Waste Country Profile
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
PacWaste is a project funded by the European Union and implemented by SPREP to improve regional hazardous waste management across the Pacific in the priority areas of healthcare waste,...
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Sea Level Threat in Tuvalu
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
The results of this academic study stated that the sea level rise rate in Tuvalu as at September 2008 was 5.9 mm year−1, based upon the 15½ years of sea level data. This was about four...
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Dataset
Land Use Cover
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Dataset
Presenting the estimated areas of different land use/land cover types present in Tuvalu. This data was presented in both the 4th and 5th national reports to the CBD.
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Country Snapshot on Forest Information and Data
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
A direct internet link to access data relating to Tuvalu's forest cover hosts on the Mongabay website. Mongabay is the world's most popular site for rainforest information and a well-...
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Bathymetric Mapping Survey on all nine atolls of Tuvalu
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This report describes the high-resolution bathymetric mapping survey carried out in 2004. The survey achieved good coverage of the seafloor from approximately 10 m depth in the nearshore...
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Rainfall Trends, Drought Frequency and La Niña in Tuvalu
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This study addresses rainfall trends, the frequency of droughts, La Niña influences and the relationship between rainfall and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in Tuvalu. The findings...
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Household Vulnerability on the Front-line of Climate Change
Tuvalu Environment Data Portal Publications
This academic paper investigates the vulnerability of households to climatic disasters in the low-lying atoll nation of Tuvalu. Using the most recent household surveys available, the...