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Atolls – the “biodiversity cool spots” vs hot spots: a critical new focus for research and conservation

Date modified: 11 February 2022

This paper highlights the seriousness of the “biodiversity crisis” on atolls and the need to place greater research and conservation emphasis on atolls and other small island ecosystems. It is based on studies over the past twenty years conducted in the atolls of Tuvalu, Tokelau, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. It stresses that atolls offer some of the greatest opportunities for integrated studies of simplified small-island ecosystems.

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Issued 2021-07-21
Modified 2022-02-11
Language English
DCAT Type Dataset
Source https://pacific-data.sprep.org/dataset/atolls-biodiversity-cool-spots-vs-hot-spots-critical-new-focus-research-and-conservation
Publisher Name Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
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  • R. R Thaman

    Thaman_r@usp.ac.fj