Country report: Republic of Kiribati, presented at the Pacific Sub-Regional workshop on forest and tree genetic resources; "State of Forest and tree genetic resources in the Pacific islands, and sub-regional action plan for their conservation and sus...

The Republic of Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, lies astride the equator in the Central Pacific and consists of 33 islands divided into 3 main groups; the Gilbert group, Phoenix group and the Line group. The total land area is about 720 km2, excluding the 320-km economic zone.