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A direct internet link to easily access more ODS related data for Tuvalu on the UNEP Ozone Secretariat website
Direct link to species occurrences in Tuvalu on the GBIF records
Information on the link are related to;
1. Management System in place for major fisheries
2. Existing list of Tuvalu Fisheries legislation
3. Structure of National and sub-national fisheries institutions
According to the U.N. FAO, 33.3% or about 1,000 ha of Tuvalu is forested. Tuvalu's forests contain - million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass.
Click to access a story on Tuvalu's Environmental issues.
A timeline of events, highlighting Tuvalu's participation in the UN since it became a member,
Online post by Energy Sector Management Assistance Program in 2017
As part of the Coastal Health Monitoring component of the Tuvalu IW R2R Project, baseline water quality surveys and analysis were carried from 14th to 17th September 2018. The coastal health monitoring program is designed to characterise ecological health of, and assess causal links between land based activities, and algal blooms and ciguatera occurrences in the Fogafale lagoon adjacent to populated areas of Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu. Baseline assessments of the Tafua pond, adjacent to the IW R2R demonstration dry-litter piggery site, was also conducted.
The web-page has navigation tools for the user to efficiently explore and discover different marine life information for Tuvalu
The online database has a navigation tool to efficiently explore fish information for Tuvalu.
direct link to Tuvalu's data on the GBIF website
direct internet link to Tuvalu's climate change data portal.
a mapping representation of active and passive continental margins, oceanic plate boundaries and mid ocean spreading ridges
statistical records as of 2014 on the distribution of seamount. Accordingly, there are more seamounts in the Pacific Ocean than in the Atlantic, and their distribution can be described as comprising several elongate chains of seamounts superimposed on a more or less random background distribution (Craig and Sandwell)
This is a template that can be used when creating a State of Environment report, and sections can be added or adapted to fit a country’s needs.