Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
26 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35882
Legacy PEIN ID:
75885
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climate change - Adaptation - Tuvalu
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Protected areas
Climate change
Climate change adaptation
Marine resources - Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Atoll Islands
Abstract
Small island developing States (SIDS) are highly vulnerable to climate change and sea level rise owing partly to their small land masses surrounded by ocean, and their location in regions prone to natural disasters. SIDS are often characterized by having relatively large populations for the area they occupy with high growth rates and densities; poorly developed infrastructure and limited natural, human and economic resources, and their high dependence on marine resources for their livelihood needs. Most of their economies are reliant on a limited resource base and are vulnerable to external forces, such as changing terms of trade, trade liberalization, and migration flows. Adaptive capacity to climate change is generally low.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
26 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35882
Legacy PEIN ID:
75885
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 20-Jul-2009
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022