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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Marshall Islands [7]
(in free association with United States)
LAND AREA: 181 sq. km SEA AREA: 2131000 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
34 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 57000 (1996)
DENSITY: 315 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 3%/year
ECONOMY
Income/Capita: $0
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
Plants:
10 native ferns, 1 native cycad, 293 dicotyledon taxa including 88
natives
1 endemic grass on Bokaak
4 endemic -Pandanus- ssp. on Eniwetak
Insects:
1 species of butterfly
Reptiles-amphibians:
7 species of lizards
Birds:
78 species, 18 resident, 2 introduced
Ducula oceanica ratakensis (Ratak Micronesian Pigeon), group endemic
subspecies, Wotje and Arno, Indeterminate (RDB)
Zosterops conspicillata (Bridled White-eye) threatened
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
Environmental Protection Authority, P.O. Box 1322, Majuro, Marshall
Islands
96960. Tel: 3250 ext. 365; Telex: 0927; Fax: (692) 3685
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 01/02/98
Islands of Marshall Islands
Ailinginae (Marshall Islands)
Ailinglaplap (Marshall Islands)
Ailuk (Marshall Islands)
Arno (Marshall Islands)
Aur (Marshall Islands)
Bikar (Marshall Islands)
Bikini (Marshall Islands)
Bokaak (Marshall Islands)
Ebon (Marshall Islands)
Enewetak (Marshall Islands)
Erikub (Marshall Islands)
Jabwot (Marshall Islands)
Jaluit (Marshall Islands)
Jemo (Marshall Islands)
Kili (Marshall Islands)
Knox (Marshall Islands)
Kwajalein (Marshall Islands)
Lae (Marshall Islands)
Lib (Marshall Islands)
Likiep (Marshall Islands)
Majuro (Marshall Islands)
Maloelap (Marshall Islands)
Mejit (Marshall Islands)
Mili (Marshall Islands)
Namorik (Marshall Islands)
Namu (Marshall Islands)
Rongelap (Marshall Islands)
Rongrik (Marshall Islands)
Taka (Marshall Islands)
Ujae (Marshall Islands)
Ujelang (Marshall Islands)
Utrik (Marshall Islands)
Wotho (Marshall Islands)
Wotje (Marshall Islands)
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