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Port Vila, Vanuatu’s capital city and economic hub, located on the island of Efate is a growing city that faces not only expansion but high vulnerability to natural hazards such as cyclones, earthquakes and associated tsunamis, prolonged inundation and drought.

The Outer Island Maritime Infrastructure Project – Additional Financing (the project) will continue the efforts of the Government of Tuvalu (the government) with support from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to rehabilitate and improve maritime infrastructure on the outer islands.

This EIA Terms of Reference (ToR) template is extracted from the "SPREP Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment: Guidelines for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (2016)".

This EIA review template is extracted from the "SPREP Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment: Guidelines for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (2016)".

This EIA checklist is extracted from the "SPREP Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment: Guidelines for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (2016)".

This document has been prepared for government agencies and other project stakeholders to use as a ‘toolkit’ for the development of Environmental Management and Monitoring Plans (EMMPs)[1]

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a tool that is used to assess and manage individual development projects, with an aim of maximising positive benefits and minimising negative impacts for local communities and their environment.

Promotion of environmental assessment remains an important priority for SPREP, with a target in the organisation’s Pacific Regional Environment Programme Strategic Plan 2011–2015 (Strategic Plan) to develop Pacific-related models for environmental assessment.