Fifth South Pacific Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas - vol.1 : Conference report, 4-8 October 1993, Queen Salote Hall, Nuku'alofa, Tonga

The vast South Pacific region consists of twenty two island states and territories scattered over a 29 million square kilometre area, roughly the size of Africa. Oceanic areas are vast and land covers only 5,50,000 square kilometres, or a mere 87 000 square kdometres if the largest country, Papua New