Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are very vulnerable to global warning and the impending sea level rise. Lack of energy security combined with but not limited to, High per capita use. lack of widespread renewable energy technologies, remoteness, limited funding, and high fuel prices, make pacific SIDS especially vulnerable to energy security/supply issues.1 This paper presents strategies that the Government of Nauru
Potable water for households, schools, commercial buildings, hotels, restaurants and similar uses must be safe, clean, clear and potable. Potable water must come from collection of rainwater, desalination of seawater or extraction of freshwater from the groundwater. Potable water also may be produced by private desalination units operated using seawater or
The Republic of Nauru since becoming independent on 31 January 1968 has relatively been self sufficient with little or no reliance on external assistance. This was made possible through revenue received from the mining of rock phosphate which since the early 1900s was the single key activity driving the economy of Nauru. In fact in the 1970s and 80s, Nauru had the highest per capita income making it the richest country in the Asia Pacific region.
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Nauru is a small country comprising a single island with an area of only 22 km2. The island is having severe difficulties in achieving a safe and adequate supply of potable water and suffers from pollution of local groundwater due to inadequate sanitation services. The problems have arisen from the collapse of the utility services when phosphate mining ceased, followed by a national financial crisis.
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It is becoming clear that there is a fair amount of small plastic distributed in the oceans and on beaches worldwide, not surprising given its durability and floatability. Marine debris is often ingested by animals such as sea turtles, marine mammals, and seabirds. Items such as lighters and small plastic pieces may look like food to an animal, or have an animal's natural food attached to it. Debris may also be ingested accidentally with actual food items. Exactly how many of them die each year due to marine debris ingestion is not
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The Republic of Vanuatu, formerly the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, consists of the central and southern part of an archipelago which forms one of the numerous seismic arcs found in the Western Pacific. The Santa Cruz Islands, politically part of the Solomon Islands, constitute the northern
part of the archipelago (UNEP/IUCN. 1988).
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This report presents the results of field studies of the National Forest Inventory. Details of the survey methodology and coverage are provided and summaries of results are presented.
The plant site is very close to, and its land lease abuts the Tagabe River which is a major resource for the area and particularly the people living in Blacksands who have no municipal utility supply. The plant is located 800m upstream from the river mouth and therefore downstream from most of the high use areas. There are, however, some parts of the Blacksands community that use the river for washing between the plant and sea, and undergrounds wells are common in the area. There is a potential for impacts through contamination of the river or