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LDC GRADUATION - THE DIFFICULTIES AND REALITIES FOR TUVALU

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• 4th Smallest Nation in the World:
   Land area (24km2) cf Manhattan (87km2) 
• High Energy + Transport Cost 
• Everything is imported 
• Soils are porous and sandy 
• Frequent Flooding coming up under-ground in-land 
• Moving/Disappearing islands 

 

Difficulties of Tuvalu that YOU have to know

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• Endangered People + Culture 
• Narrow resource base and isolated and remote 
• Average elevation is only 2 meters above sea level 
• 11,000 people living on nine coral atolls 
• Most Vulnerable in the WHOLE WORLD ...