Various reports relating to water source, groundwater, boreholes etc in Tongatapu.
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
Data from the Tonga Meteorological Office.
10 year data series of :
i. Wind Speed
ii. Rainfall
iii. Mean Temperature
Climate Change Policies of Tonga
Bill for an act to establish a national climate change fund for Tonga, to receive monies from national and international sources and to finance national projects which deal with climate change and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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.
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.
Various Reports relating to the Population Census carried out by the Department of Statistics.
In the mid 1990s the idea arose that coastal communities should be given powers to regulate fisheries in their nearby marine areas. That concept gained momentum and in the early 2000s a change in Tonga’s fisheries legislation allowed for fisheries management by local communities, through Special Management Areas (SMAs). Since that time the Fisheries Division has worked with coastal communities to establish 11 SMAs.
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation completed field research for one of the largest coral reef studies in history: the Global Reef Expedition. The Expedition travelled around the globe surveying some of the most remote reefs on the planet, conducting research to assess coral reef ecosystem health and resiliency.
The Global Reef Expedition visited many countries in the Pacific Ocean to assess the health and resiliency of their coral reef ecosystems. See links below for more information, reports and maps.
Monitoring reports for Fanga'uta Lagoon, Tongatapu.
Information on Tonga's oceanscape.
Draft word document of the Tonga SoE 2010 report
The Cooperative Study on the Deepsea Mineral Resources in Selected Offshore Areas of the SOPAC Region, 1996, Sea Area of the island of Tonga .On the basis of the previous survey results, three seamounts, MS01, MS11, and MS12 were selected and drilling by BMS (deep sea boring system) was conducted to understand the occurrence of cobalt crust. Environmental survey was carried out to make clear the environmental characteristics of the area. The area was selected in accordance with the joint study program for deepsea
The Cooperative Study on the Deep sea Mineral Resources in Selected Offshore Areas of the SOPAC Region, 1989, Sea Area of the island of Tuvalu.The area was selected in accordance with the joint study program for deep sea mineral resources in the EEZ of the SOPAC member countries agreed upon by the Japanese executing agency and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) on March 3, 2000. By the survey, seafloor topographic maps and acoustic reflectivity data by Multi Narrow Beam Echo Sounder (MBES) of thirteen seamounts had been obtained, and sampling mainly by