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… Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu are deeply eroded volcanic islands in the southern Cook Islands, south Pacific, each surrounded by a rim of … 71 p. … … Smithsonian Institution … environment - cook islands … geography - cook islnads … geomorphology - …
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… … Smithsonian Institution … biological diversity - society islands … flora - society islands …
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… the center o£ the western (Ralik) chain of the Marshall Islands (Figure 1). Composed of more than 90 islets, largely … about by filling of land on Kwajalein, Roi-Namur, and Meek Islands. Available online Call Number: [EL] Physical … 96 p. … … Smithsonian Institution … birds - marshall islands … fauna - marshall islands … natural resources - …
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… the Pacific Ocean, many of which are restricted to small islands or small island groups. Available online Call Number: … 8 Pages … … Smithsonian Institution … bats - mariana islands … biological diversity - marshall islands … birds - mariana islands … species - marshall islands …
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Several large regions of the world are plagued by
conservation problems shaped around a particular inherent
set of geographical, biological and human conditions which
have been operational for varying periods of time. Typical
of situations facing Latin America are the progress of
economic development in Amazonia with its attendant loss of
rainforest biodiversity, and the Central American
"hamburger connection" involving conversion of forests to
grazing land to support the export of cheap beef to the
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… names. The study focuses on those species found on the 16 islands of the Kiribati group proper (known traditionally as … to include species which might be present on the other islands of Kiribati: Banaba (Ocean Island) to the west and the Line and Phoenix Islands to the east. A brief analysis of relevant past …
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… The shorefishes of Ouvea, an isolated atoll in the Loyalty Islands group of New Caledonia, had not been surveyed prior … Neopomacentrus) is similar to findings for other isolated islands of the Coral Sea. Of the 653 species recorded from … known from three specimens taken at the Hawaiian Islands, is recorded from a single specimen taken at Ouvea. …
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… degradation and resultant cultural deterioration. Two islands of Kiribati, Tarawa and Abemama serve as case studies …