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Additions to the naturalised vascular flora of the Kingdom of Tonga

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Heenan, P.B.

This paper is a further contribution to the naturalised flora of Tonga in documenting 19 species newly recognised from the archipelago. These 19 species are treated as the single broad category of naturalised whereby they form a wild population(s) self-maintained by seed or vegetative reproduction (following Webb et al. 1988).

Invasive Species Management in Tonga

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Pacific Region Invasive Species Management Support Services (PRISMSS)

The GEF 6 RIP Project is managing invasives in Tonga through the Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Project Wild - Tongan Whistler

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ABC, Project Wild visits Tonga to witness the efforts by three ladies, from the Vava'u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) to save the Tongan Whistler (an endemic bird to Tonga), by eradicating rats with bait stations and removing other food sources such as the Invasive weed - Lopa.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Project Wild - Toloa Rainforest Tonga

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Project Wild ABC visits Tonga where three young men attempt to restore the native bush called Toloa rainforest that is home to their endangered birds. Weeding out the invasive weeds, conserving and managing the native plants as an act of Climate Resilience.

Kingdom of Tonga National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan (NISSAP) 2021-2027

SPREP Publications, BRB

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MEIDECC Tonga

The NISSAP is a tool aligned with the Guidelines for Invasive Species Management in the Pacific that identifies the strategy and key actions to effectively prevent, manage and reduce the impacts of invasive species to the environment, our economy, culture and health and well-being in Tonga.

Groyne assessment report - Kingdom of Tonga, 2019

Climate Change Resilience

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To assess the effectiveness of the 20 Groynes installed on 2014 at Makaunga and Talafo'ou beaches and suggest the appropriate actions to implement as a way forward

Vulnerability assessments on water resources report under the PACC project Tonga

Climate Change Resilience

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There has been a continuous global concern regarding the disastrous impacts of climate change, sea level rise and climate related hazards. Scientific findings revealed that the global climate system is being adversely affected due to the accumulation of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. This has been scientifically proved to be caused by anthropogenic activities.

Tonga's Second Nationally Determined Contributions review report

Environmental Governance

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This NDC review process was designed to provide a formal framework within which governments would increase the ambition of their actions against climate change and reduce its GHG emission over time, with the intention that each successive NDC would represent a progression beyond a country’s current NDC and ultimately allow to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement goal .

National Ballast Water Management Strategy 2016-2020 Kingdom of Tonga

Waste Management and Pollution Control, BRB

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Government of Tonga

The importance of coastal and marine environments to every aspect of the lives of Pacific Islanders cannot be overstated. Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) maintain resource rights and management responsibilities for over 30 million square kilometres of ocean, equivalent to the total land area of Canada, China and the United States of America. The total population of coastal Pacific Islanders is only 2.6 million. There are 11 square kilometres of ocean for each Pacific Islander. Jurisdictionally, the ocean is 200 times more significant to the average Pacific Islander than it is to the average global citizen.

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