Located south of the equator in the South-western Pacific, PNG is the largest and most populous Pacific Island nation. It consists of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, several large high volcanic islands and numerous high volcanic islands and coral atolls. Its diverse geography gives rise to an equally diverse range of ecosystems which accommodate a wide variety of flora and fauna making up 5% of the world's biodiversity. Its population of 5.8 million people is also diverse in ethnicity, language, custom and culture.
Eighty seven percent of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) seven million people live in rural areas. Almost all the rest live in small urban centers, the majority of which have a population of well below 30,000 people. Only Port Moresby and Lae have sizable populations at about 365,000 and 88,000 respectively1. Average national population density is low at about 14 per km2. PNG’s population is characterized by a very diverse number of social groups, with strong local and clan-based affinities and allegiances. There are over 800 distinct languages.
Geologically, Papua New Guinea is a young country. The presence of high mountain ranges and abundant rainfall leads to high runoff over most of the country. There are nine hydrological drainage divisions (basins). The largest river basins are the Sepik, Fly, Purari and Markham. Even though the Sepik has the lowest annual discharge, it has the
largest catchment area, 78 000 km2, followed by the Fly River with 61 000 km2, Purari with 33 670 km2, and Markham with 12 000 km2. The other catchments are less than 5 000 km2 in area and very steep.
The NIISP provides an investment plan based on the current condition and capacity of existing infrastructure assets, the need for services in Nauru
Review of background information provided by Nauru including the National Solid Waste Strategy and background data.
This report is published under the auspices of the Nauru Government, with the support of the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). The Nauru Integrated Infrastructure Strategic Plan was endorsed and adopted by the Nauruan Cabinet on 27 November 2019 as a guide to public infrastructure investment planning and budgeting.
Project Administration Manual (Report)
Project to finance a 6MW grid connected solar power plant and 2.5MWh/5MW battery energy storage system for solar smoothing energy storage. The system will be fully integrated and automated with the existing diesel generation (17.9 MW installed capacity currently manually operated) to optimize solar energy use, to enable optimal BESS charging/discharging and to provide optimal shut off of the diesel engines.
Based on the 2011 census, the total population at the time of the census was 10,084 (5,105 males and 4,979 females). This compares with 9,233 people in 2006 – an increase of 9% or 851 people. This population increase represents an average annual growth rate of 1.8% which is equivalent to 170 people per year for the period 2006-2011.
Census Report - 217 pages.
User manuals and quick start guides for using the Republic of Marshall Islands Environment data portal.
Dataset for all published SOEs (State of the Environment) reports for the Republic of the Marshall Islands
National Disaster Management Office Strategic Plan 2017-2019
Dataset with communications from the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Republic of the Marshall Islands Joint National Action Plan for Climate Change Adaption and Disaster Risk Management, 2014-2018.
Republic of the Marshall Islands “State”-Wide Assessment and Resource Strategy 2010-2015