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Tuvalu signed the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 and rarified it in 2002. With the increasing effects of climate change, there is growing recognition on the need for education on understanding the significance of the existing biodiversity in our ecosystem.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) retained Golder Associates New Caledonia Sarl (Golder) to perform contemporary used oil audits in Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu to establish volumes of lubricating, hydraulic and transmissions oils imported into each country and the volume of used oil produced, and stored or otherwise disposed of. The major sources of used oil are power generation and motor vehicles. Used oil contains high levels of heavy metals and some amounts of more toxic chemicals. Oil spilled on the ground contaminates the soil and leaches into the water system, polluting water courses, groundwater, lagoons and the ocean. This report presents the findings of a contemporary used oil audit in Tuvalu. In-country visits, interviews and data collection that support this report were conducted by Golder in July 2014