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Banaban Environmental Issues  (http://www.banaban.com/envissue.htm)
Banaba is an island in Kiribati that was heavily mined for phosphate in the twentieth century. This web page provides information about environmental issues in Banaba such as rehabilitation, phosphate mining, reefs and the destruction of villages and sacred caves.

Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance  (http://www.indopacific.org)
The Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance is a non-profit biodiveristy conservation organization focusing on the tropical Pacific region. Its website contains information about its programs, partners and products.

Island Directory: Kiribati  (http://islands.unep.ch/CKQ.htm)
Part of the United Nations Environmental Program, this web site provides basic geographic information about including all its constituent islands.

BirdLife - Pacific  (http://www.birdlife.org/regional/pacific/index.html)
Part of BirdLife International's website, this page provides ornitholigical information about the Pacific.

Maps of Kiribati  (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/australia.html#K)
Part of the Perry-Castanada Library Map Collection, this web site provides maps of Kiribati. There are also maps of Christmas Island.

SPREP - South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (/http://www.sidsnet.org/pacific/sprep/default.htm)
Based in Apia, the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme is the Pacific region's major intergovernmental organization charged with protecting and managing the environment and natural resources. Its web site contains information about natural resources, nature conservation, coastal management, marine species, Pacific birds, invasive species, biodiversity, pollution, environmental awareness, climate change and international waters.

WWF - Global 200  (http://www.panda.org/about%5Fwwf/where%5Fwe%5Fwork/ecoregions/global200/pages/australasia.htm)
Part of the World Wildlife Federation's web site, this page leads information about ecosystems of Australasia and the Pacific. Users can search by either country or ecoregions and are then led to detailed descriptions of the environment in the chosen area.

Welcome to the WWF South Pacific Programme homepage  (http://www.wwfpacific.org.fj)
This web site contains information about Pacific ecoregions, marine ecosystems, forest ecosystems, wetland ecosystems, climate change, mining and conservation in the Pacific, as well as the World Wildlife Federation's publications and activities.

Global Warming in Oceania  (http://www.janesoceania.com/oceania_global_warming/index.htm)
Information about the causes and effects of global warming in Oceania. From Jane Resture's Oceania Web site.

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