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Overview of the energy sector:

  • Energy supply
  • Energy Demand
  • Renewable Energy Sources
  • Regulations
  • Problem Analysis
… government for its own use and for distribution is around 1.5 million litres (ML) a year. Automotive diesel oil (ADO) is around 8.8 ML and jet fuel around 1.3 ML. The Government has frequently relied on grant funding …

Summary of Energy Status in Nauru including Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Public flows renewables, access to electricity, access to clean cooking, per capita renewable capacity.

… 40 km south of the Equator. The island is about 1,300 km northeast of the Solomon Islands; its closest …
… and cooperation.  Overview of Guiding Principles. 1) Management Policies and Regulations; 2) National …

MDG1 - Eradication Poverty and Hunger :  Progress on this goal is uncertain. Nauru lacks the necessary data to monitor progress on this goal.
MDG2 - Achieve Universal Primary Education : Progress on this goal is good. Nauru is likely to achieve this.

MDG3 - Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women : Nauru is likely to meet the indicator for gender parity in education, may meet the target of the economic empowerment of women, but is off-track for the target of gender equality in high-level decision-making.

Freshwater is essential for life and for the social, cultural and economic well-being of all peoples. In Nauru, freshwater is a vital and scarce resource supporting the island’s communities and their economic growth. There are widespread community concerns about the availability and quality of freshwater, especially during Nauru’s frequent ENSO-related droughts and due to discharge from household sanitation systems to shallow groundwater. Predicted impacts of climate change add to these concerns.

This report updates Sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water in Pacific island countries: Converting commitment into action (WHO, SOPAC, 2008). This report reviews the status of sanitation, drinking-water and hygiene in Pacific island countries and the challenges faced in meeting international targets. Information sources include the WHO and UNICEF  Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) which produces estimates of progress based on data from national censuses and household surveys. 

Nauruans’ experiences of a resource curse from mining phosphate stands, as a case study of retarded development. Nauru was much adulated in the press in the early 20th century as an example of a small island that became wealthy through mining. The high grade phosphate that covered four fifths of the island was considered by outsiders as a very lucrative resource that had to be mined, particularly as fertilizer to enhance the pastures of Australia and New Zealand.

Pacific island countries are no different from other countries in that freshwater is essential to human
existence and a major requirement in agricultural and other commercial production systems. The economic
and social well being of Pacific island countries are dependent upon the quality and quantity of their water.
However, the ability of the island countries to effectively manage the water sector is unique to Small Island
Developing States (SIDS), whereby constrained by their small size, fragility, natural vulnerability, and

This report is the result of a visit to Nauru of 21 days from 14th November to 5th Dec 2003.
In May 2003 Buada Community had been chosen as the International Waters Programme Pilot Project,
to implement a community-based waste reduction pilot project. There were two main areas of interest
for this visit: to identify the baseline situation regarding waste in Buada Community, and to determine
the current situation on Nauru with regard to the legal and institutional responsibility for dealing with

… The objectives of the Nauru Water Plan are: 1. To provide safe potable water to the residents of Nauru; …

Five species of dragonflies and one damselfly are recorded from Nauru for the first time, and constitute the first records of Odonata from this island republic identified to species. None is endemic; all are widespread in the Indo-Australian region and the islands of the west central Pacific Ocean. Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer) is the most  common species throughout the island, but Ischnura aurora (Brauer) appears locally abundant, possibly seasonally. Breeding is confirmed for all species.

Four species of butterflies are reported from Nauru for the first time and as first records of butterflies from the island republic. None is endemic. Three of the four species are widespread in Oceania: Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius), Danaeus plexippus (Linnaeus), and Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus). The other, Petrelaea tombugensis (Rober),  belongs to a genus that also is widespread in the Pacific. The small number of widespread species found on Nauru

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

Scientific article - Bulletin BOC 2008 128(4)

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

Scientific article: Pacific Science 2008 (62 : 4 ) 499-507

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

Photocopy of an article published in Geo 9 (2): 70-77

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

Scientific publication: Micronesica 39 (2): 171-295 (2007)

 

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

A report published by the Atoll Research Programme, University of the South Pacific 1997 for 

Nauru Departments of: Island Development and Industry, Education and Health and Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Government of the Republic of NAURU
with financial support from UNESCO
via UNESCO Office for the Pacific States, W. Samoa.