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
Climate Change Policies of Tonga
Annual reports showing arrivals and departures for a given year with breakdowns of migration, tourists, produced by the Statistics Department in collaboration with Department of Customs.
The Kingdom of Tonga’s Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventories of Anthropogenic Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks of All Greenhouse Gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol Year 2006.
Various reports related to the 1996 Census carried out by the Department of Statistics
Various reports related to the 2006 Census carried out by the Department of Statistics
Various reports related to the 2011 census carried out by the Department of Statistics.
Marine pollution in the Pacific. Regional data
This EIA report had been prepared for the major development and upgrade of the inter-island domestic wharf located in Tongatapu Island.
MACBIO is a project that supports sustainable economies and livelihoods of Pacific Island Countries by strengthening institutional and individual capacity, to manage and conserve biodiversity in marine and coastal ecosystems. The project was commissioned by BMUB to GIZ as part of IKI, jointly implemented by SPREP, IUCN and GIZ from 2013 to 2018.
This dataset holds all MACBIO-related resources pertaining to Tonga as one of the participating countries.
The development of the haul out and storage facility, especially catering to the requirements of visiting yachts and locally based commercial boats in the Vaipua area on the outskirts of Neiafu, Vava’u.
This EIA is therefore primarily concerned with development activities including the construction of a slipway (92m by 6m) and land clearance of surrounding vegetation as well as specific operational activities with potential negative environmental impacts.