Tuvalu - Environment
As far as the environment of Tuvalu is concerned, there have been water needs met by catchment systems; the use of sand as a building material has led to beachhead erosion; deforestation; damage to coral reefs from increasing ocean temperatures and acidification; rising sea levels threaten water table; in 2000, the government appealed to Australia and New Zealand to take in Tuvaluans if rising sea levels should make evacuation necessary. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling.
About the environment of Tuvalu
| Climate | We have tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,989 tons (2011 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 0 cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 6.81 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 0.01 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 0.01 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 60% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 60% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 33.3% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 6.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 66.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.08% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 7,000 FUNAFUTI (capital) (2018). |
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