Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project (PIREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
xi, 37 p. : figs., tables ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.794159685 WAD [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
28540
Legacy PEIN ID:
68487
General Notes
Available online|This report is based on data gathered by a PIREP team consisting of Joseph Cain, Lockley Denuga and Herbert Wade
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Energy development - Nauru
Energy sources, Renewable - Nauru
Energy research - Nauru
Conservation of energy resources - Nauru
Conservation of natural resources - Nauru
Energy consumption - Climate factors - Nauru
Abstract
The climate is equatorial marine in nature. There are 110 cyclones though rainfall is cyclic and periodic droughts are a serious problem with one year having a recorded rainfall of only 280 nun. The land biodiversity is limited with only 60 species of indigenous vascular plants. The century of interior mining has resulted in the drainage of large quantities of silt and soil onto the reef. That has greatly reduced the productivity and diversity of reef life from an earlier era. Sewage is dumped into the ocean just beyond the reef causing further environmental problems and many septic tanks place ground water at risk of contamination.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project (PIREP)
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
xi, 37 p. : figs., tables ; 29 cm
Call Number
333.794159685 WAD [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
28540
Legacy PEIN ID:
68487
General Notes
Available online|This report is based on data gathered by a PIREP team consisting of Joseph Cain, Lockley Denuga and Herbert Wade
Record Created: 17-Nov-2005
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022