This bulletin contains information and an analysis of the M-Series or Internal Migration. Internal Migration refers to the movement of the Tongan Population within Tonga. A comparison is made of the place of birth, place of usual residence and place of enumeration, in order to determine movers and non-movers in the Tongan population.
The substantive information of this report is presented in three parts. Part 1 provides the background information on Census 2006 of Tonga. Part 2 presents the statistical tables (General Tables, Household Tables and Population Projection Tables) itemizing the data provided in the Analytical report. Part 3 contains the Appendices which include; the Glossary, Census forms, Instruction Manual for Enumerators, ISCO-88 and ISIC Revision 4_ 2004, and the Organizational Structure of the Census bodies.
The report contains an analysis of Tonga’s recent population growth and dynamics, in particular the level, trends and patterns of fertility, mortality, and migration. The likely impacts of some of these dynamics on wider cross-cutting issues, such as the environment, health, education and economic activity, are discussed.
This reportis the 7th population census report of the kingdom since 1956, and the 5th census conducted by the Statistics Department. It provides administrative information and basic statistical tabulation of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of Tonga. The census date was midnight, the 30th of November 2011. Information incorporated in this report will facilitate the decision makers in Tonga with respect to the current and future socio-economic conditions in the Kingdom.
The report contains an analysis of Tonga’s population growth and dynamics, in particular the level, trends and patterns of fertility, mortality, and migration and their impact on the environment and implications for health, education and economic activity. The report presents a set of population projections to provide planners and policy-makers with scenarios of the size and structure of Tonga’s future population to aid planning for the differing needs of the young, working age and elderly.
Given that the next General Election is set to occur in November 2014, the Statistics Department decided to honour the request of the Electoral Boundary Commission in the interests of the Kingdom as a whole. The Department also decided to continue to conduct all future censuses on a 5 yearly basis.
This EIA report has thus been prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Communications with technical assistance from the JICA Preparatory Survey. The requirements stipulated in the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2010, and JICA’s “Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations (2010)” were referred in the process.
A report on a nation-wide “lessons learned” conference on marine Special Management Areas in Ha’apai, facilitated by MACBIO and Department of Fisheries and the Civil Society Forum of Tonga.
This report presents, for the first time, marine bioregions across the Southwest Pacific in general, and Tonga in particular, at a scale that can be used nationally, as a basis for the systematic identification of an ecologically representative system of marine protected areas.
Bioregions, of course, are just one of the important data layers in indentifying an ecologically representative system of marine protected areas.
A report on the identification of special and/or unique marine areas (SUMAs) in Tonga.
Following the assessment of the environmental and social economic impacts, as well as the potential impacts to the social uses of site, it has been determined that the proposed site for the project appears to be suitable for the development. This determination takes into account the environment, construction feasibility and economic values of the proposed development.
Tonga's National Communication Reports in response to the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change.
Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management