South Pacific Regional Environment Programme : Country report for UNCED Tuvalu.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (SPREP) / United Nations Environement Programme (UNEP)
1992
Tuvalu is comprised, almost entirely, of extremely small low-lying atolls rising only a few metres above sea level. Because of the fragility of its ecosystems, the scarcity of its terrestrial resources and the vulnerability of the environment and subsistence and commercial economy to the forces of external development beyond its control, environmental planning, management, protection and the promotion of sustainable development are of utmost importance.