Location
VANUATU
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
1985
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
23 p. ; 21 cm
Call Number
VF 4239 [EL]
333.9516 SPC vf
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
3568
Legacy PEIN ID:
43424
General Notes
3 copies|SLIC copy kept in vf 4239|Also available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Protected areas - Oceania - Pacific
Environment - Protection
Protected areas - Oceania - Pacific
Conservation of natural resources - Oceania - Congresses
Environmental conservation - Oceania - Congresses
Environmental policy - Oceania - Congresses
Protected areas - Oceania - Congresses
Protected areas - Management
Biodiversity - Protection
Biological diversity - Management
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Parks
Parks - Oceania - Pacific
Abstract
StrategyThe South Pacific is a vast region extending over 29 million sq km, or seven times the area of the Caribbean. Of this, only about 500,000 sq km is land. The island environments present special, often critical, problems for nature conservation. Geographical and ecological isolation Have led to the evolution of unique species and communities of plants and animals, many of which are adapted to only one island or island group, and found nowhere else in the world. There are about 2000 different types of ecosystem throughout the South Pacific, and on some islands 80$ or more of the species are endemic. Limited space means that ecosystems are restricted, with small biological populations and this increases their vulnerability.
Location
VANUATU
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
1985
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
23 p. ; 21 cm
Call Number
VF 4239 [EL]
333.9516 SPC vf
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
3568
Legacy PEIN ID:
43424
General Notes
3 copies|SLIC copy kept in vf 4239|Also available online
Record Created: 07-Jun-2003
Record Modified: 22-Feb-2021