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This reportis the 7th population census report of the kingdom since 1956, and the 5th census conducted by the Statistics Department. It provides administrative information and basic statistical tabulation of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of Tonga. The census date was midnight, the 30th of November 2011. Information incorporated in this report will facilitate the decision makers in Tonga with respect to the current and future socio-economic conditions in the Kingdom.

The report contains an analysis of Tonga’s population growth and dynamics, in particular the level, trends and patterns of fertility, mortality, and migration and their impact on the environment and implications for health, education and economic activity. The report presents a set of population projections to provide planners and policy-makers with scenarios of the size and structure of Tonga’s future population to aid planning for the differing needs of the young, working age and elderly.

Given that the next General Election is set to occur in November 2014, the Statistics Department decided to honour the request of the Electoral Boundary Commission in the interests of the Kingdom as a whole. The Department also decided to continue to conduct all future censuses on a 5 yearly basis.

Marine Pollution ppt by Richardson

This EIA report has thus been prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Communications with technical assistance from the JICA Preparatory Survey. The requirements stipulated in the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2010, and JICA’s “Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations (2010)” were referred in the process.

Marine Spatial Planning is an integrated and participatory planning process and tool that seeks to balance ecological, economic, and social objectives, aiming for sustainable marine resource use and prosperous blue economies.

This atlas is part of MACBIO’s support to its partner countries’ marine spatial planning processes. These processes aim to balance uses with the need to effectively manage and protect the rich natural capital upon which those uses rely.

A report on a nation-wide “lessons learned” conference on marine Special Management Areas in Ha’apai, facilitated by MACBIO and Department of Fisheries and the Civil Society Forum of Tonga.

This report presents, for the first time, marine bioregions across the Southwest Pacific in general, and Tonga in particular, at a scale that can be used nationally, as a basis for the systematic identification of an ecologically representative system of marine protected areas.

Bioregions, of course, are just one of the important data layers in indentifying an ecologically representative system of marine protected areas.

A report on the identification of special and/or unique marine areas (SUMAs) in Tonga.

Following the assessment of the environmental and social economic impacts, as well as the potential impacts to the social uses of site, it has been determined that the proposed site for the project appears to be suitable for the development. This determination takes into account the environment, construction feasibility and economic values of the proposed development.

This chapter provides a brief description of Tonga, its past and present climate as well as projections for the future. The climate observation network and the availability of atmospheric and oceanic data records are outlined.

The Plan is country owned and led, and was developed with the full participation of and in consultation with internal stakeholders, and private sector and community representatives.

This plan outlines the objectives, current status, the challenges and the proposed solutions for the fisheries sector of Tonga.

The aim of this brief is to outline the opportunities that exist for PICs like Tonga in planning for selective inclusion of genetically modified food for long term resilience.

The process to develop the Tonga Energy Road Map represents a joint effort among the Government of Tonga (GoT), Tonga Power Ltd. (TPL) and the development partners. The key analytical studies which form the inputs to the Road Map are financed by different agencies.