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Tuvalu

Tuvalu Environment Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Biodiversity > Bird species, threatened 1 2013 202nd out of 209
Biodiversity > Fish species, threatened 10 2013 160th out of 209
Biodiversity > Mammal species, threatened 1 2013 200th out of 209
CPIA business regulatory environment rating > 1=low to 6=high per million 253.55 2012 1st out of 80
Coral reefs > Area > Per $ GDP 58.2 sq km per $1 million 1967 1st out of 1
Current issues since there are no streams or rivers and groundwater is not potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one desalination plant and plans to build one other); beachhead erosion because of the use of sand for building materials; excessive clearance of forest undergrowth for use as fuel; damage to coral reefs from the spread of the Crown of Thorns starfish; Tuvalu is concerned about global increases in greenhouse gas emissions and their effect on rising sea levels, which threaten the country's underground water table; in 2000, the government appealed to Australia and New Zealand to take in Tuvaluans if rising sea levels should make evacuation necessary 2011
Endangered species > Bird species 1 2008 186th out of 197
Endangered species > Fish species > Number 8 2008 155th out of 197
Endangered species > Higher plant species > Number 0.0 2008 190th out of 197
Endangered species > Mammal species > Number 2 2008 182nd out of 197
Pollution > Ozone depleting substance consumption 0.01 2011 155th out of 164
Pollution > Ozone depleting substance consumption per million people 1.02 2011 109th out of 163
Proportion of land area under protection 1.94% 2012 198th out of 217
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural 83.27 2011 107th out of 188
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural 97.67 2011 79th out of 194

SOURCES: United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. FishBase database, www.fishbase.org.; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre; World Bank Group, CPIA database (http://www.worldbank.org/ida). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.; Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. version (07/2008). Accessed: 28 September 2008.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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Tuvalu Environment Profiles (Subcategories)

Biodiversity 7 Pollution 4
Biodiversity and protected areas 4 Sanitation 3
Endangered species 4 Water 5
  • Tuvalu ranked first for biodiversity > GEF benefits index for biodiversity > 0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum per million amongst Former British colonies in 2008.
  • Tuvalu ranked second last for biodiversity > mammal species, threatened amongst Hot countries in 2013.

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