Environmental Vulnerability

As the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission suggests, Tonga is extremely vulnerable due to a number of factors, due to factors such as volcanoes and edemic species.  



As this report states, volcanoes are a factor in the instability of Tonga. Check out the above clip to see an awesome volcanic eruption.

Sources

South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. 2011. Environmental Vulnerability Index. Retrieved May 2011 from http://www.vulnerabilityindex.net/EVI%20Country%20Profiles/TO.pdf.

Mike. 2009 March 19. Tonga Volcano. Posted to gCaptain Blogsite. Retrieved May 2011 from http://gcaptain.com/underwater-volcano-erupts-off-tonga-video?7349.