Water pollution, evident by negative values of redox potential in waters, occurs at the lagoonal coast located near the densely populated area of Fongafale Islet. Therefore, this study is one of the many that are urgently needed in order to develop and implement countermeasures to protect these areas against coastal water pollution.
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.
Policy and Action Plan for Waste Management in Tuvalu
Tuvalu’s environment is under pressure: sea-water rise contaminating the soil with salt, direct impact
on waste and sewage systems from rising human density contributing to further damage. The 1987 UN
Brundlandt report has definitely shown the existing link between environment/ecology and
development /economy. Tomorrow’s economy stems from today’s environment. Investing in the
quality of soil, avoiding water pollution, protecting natural resources especially energy sources as well
Under the International Waters Project (IWP) in Tuvalu, a pilot project was established to address
“waste” with the aim of reducing the contamination of groundwater and coastal water by human
and animal waste.
Community-based activities included “low-tech” solutions to addressing environmental
degradation while national level activities involved activities with a more strategic institutional
focus. A Communications and Sanitation Training Programme was designed to investigate the
The Tuvalu Integrated Waste Policy and Action Plan 2017 – 2026 was endorsed by the Government in 2016 as the main national policy framework to guide the management of waste in Tuvalu. It sets down the Long-term Vision of having “A Cleaner and Healthier Tuvalu for today and future generations”
Interviews conducted on commercial premises where waste was also collected.
• Date: date of the interview
• Premises_ID: unique premises identifier
• Premises_Type: type of premises
• additional_comments_photos/extra_comments: miscellaneous comments
• country: country of audits
• Who_collects_the_rubbish
• Collection_period: how often waste is collected
• Collection_rating: satisfaction with collection service, 1-5 scale
• Waste_disposal_general: how general waste is disposed of
Household interviews conducted at houses where waste was collected.
Big file containing high level audit data, detailed sort of drink containers and interview data.
Long form dataset containing data from APWC high level waste sorts and detailed container sort. See the "Pivot Table" sheet for a summary of the data contained here.
Note that average values will not work for the pivot table, as each category has a number of subcategories which messes up the calculation of averages.
Analysis of waste generation and disposal data collected in September 2019
Link to download a zip file containing OSM spatial files, a QGIS project, styles, license file and documentation on how to get started.
This dataset contains mapped point locations for protected areas within Tuvalu. This dataset should be viewed in combination with the World Database on Protected Areas polygon locations to get a comprehensive view of all protected areas within Tuvalu.
This dataset contains mapped point locations for protected areas within Tuvalu. This dataset should be viewed in combination with the World Database on Protected Areas polygon locations to get a comprehensive view of all protected areas within Tuvalu.
This dataset contains mapped polygon locations for protected areas within Tuvalu. This dataset should be viewed in combination with the World Database on Protected Areas point locations to get a comprehensive view of all protected areas within Tuvalu.