GEOSCIENCE DIVISION
Map Cook Islands Federated Sates of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Nauru Niue Papua New Guinea Republic of Marshall Islands Republic of Palau Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
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Population
Land Area
Climate
Water resource
Water consumption
Country Cook Islands Cook Islands
Population 21,750 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 236.7 km2
Climate
Water resource
Water consumption
Country Federated Sates of Micronesia Federated Sates of Micronesia
Population 107,862 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 702 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 4,928 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Fiji Fiji
Population 918 675 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 18,270 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2000 - 3000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Kiribati Kiribati
Population 107,817 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 811 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: South of the equator: 1,300 mm Tarawa: 2,000 mm Northernmost islands: over 3,200mm Eastern Line Islands: less than 1,000 mm
Water consumption
Country Nauru Nauru
Population 11,528 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 21 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2,090 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Niue Niue
Population 1,625m(GoN statistics 2006)
Land Area 260 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2,180 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Population 5,795,887 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 462,840 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall:1000-80000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Republic of Marshall Islands Republic of Marshall Islands
Population 20,842
Land Area 458 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3,700 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Republic of Palau Republic of Palau
Population 61,815(July 2007 est.)
Land Area 11,854.3 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: Southern attols: 4,000mm Northern attols:2,000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Samoa Samoa
Population 214,265
Land Area 2,944 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3,000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Population 566,842
Land Area 28,450 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall:1500-5000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Tonga Tonga
Population 116,921
Land Area 748 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: Varies from north and south of tonga with an estimated average of 2500 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Tuvalu Tuvalu
Population 11.992 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 26 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3000mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Vanuatu Vanuatu
Population 211,971 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 12,200 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2000 - 4000 mm per annum
Water consumption
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Summary
After a inception phase of 3 years, in June 2008 the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved funding for a programme on Sustainable Integrated Water Resources and Wastewater Management (IWRM) to be implemented from 2008-2013 in 14 Pacific Island Countries under the Pacific Alliance for Sustainability.

In addition to this, SOPAC also received funding from the European Union Water Facility in early 2008 to support these same countries for the duration of three years to establish frameworks for national IWRM planning and action, including national strategies for water use efficiency.

In order to mark the inception of these programmes an IWRM Planning Meeting was hosted by Niue 18 to 25 July 2008 at the Mission Hall in Alofi, Niue.

The first afternoon of the meeting focused on updating the IWRM Focal Points on the status of the GEF project submission and key imminent steps for implementation. The following three days served to introduce IWRM Focal points and selected policy delegates to the concept, processes and frameworks for national IWRM planning, as well as the support available through the EU-funded IWRM national planning programme to assist pacific island countries to set up these planning frameworks and processes.

In parallel with this meeting individual country consultation sessions on IWRM and communications for IWRM were held. The meeting was held back to back with the with the 2nd Steering Committee for the Pacific Hydrological Cycle Observing System (Pacific HYCOS) which was held on the last two days.

For further information on the deliberations and outputs of the meeting please download the meeting report, which also includes the agenda and participants list in annex

Report IWRM Planning Meeting Niue 2008.pdf

All presentations that were held during the meeting and results of key working sessions can be downloaded below. Results from individual country working sessions will be distributed on CD to the national IWRM focal points.