Indomalaya, Oceania, Australia and Antarctic

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Protected Areas of the World
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Volume 1: Indomalaya, Oceania, Australia and Antarctic
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Protected Areas of the World
A
review ofnational systems
Volume 1: Indomalaya, Oceania, Australia and Antarctic
Compiled by theWorldConservation MonitoringCentre
incollaboration with
The lUCN Commission on National ParksandProtectedAreas
forthe
rvth WorldCongresson National Parksand Protected Areas,
Caracas, Venezuela, 10-21 February 1992
with the supportof
TheBritish PetroleumCompany p.l.c.
lUCN-TheWorld Conservation Union
November 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Fweword
vii
Introduction viii
Acknowledgements ix
WCMC
Managinginformationonprotectedareasat xi
Countryaccounts: guidelinestotheircontents xiii
MapsandLists(explanationoO xiv
Internationallydesignatedsites xv
INDOMALAYA
Bangladesh 1
Bhutan 9
BruneiDarussalam 15
Cambodia 19
India 21
Indonesia 49
LaoPeople'sDemocaticRepublic 69
Malaysia 73
Maldives 85
Myanmar,Unionof 87
Nepal 93
Pakistan,IslamicRepublicof 103
Philippines 113
Sing^x)re 123
SriLanka,DemocraticSocialistRepublicof 127
Taiwan 137
Thailand 143
VietNam,TheSocialistRepublicof 153
OCEANIA
CookIslands 161
FederatedStatesofMiCTonesia 169
Fiji 173
France-FrenchPolynesia 181
France-NewCaledonia 185
France-WalhsandFutuna 191
Kiribati,Republicof 195
MarshallIslands,Republicof 201
Nauru,Republicof 205
Niue 207
NorthernMarianaIslands,Commonwealthof 209
Palau,Republicof 213
PapuaNewGuinea 217
PitcaimIslands 227
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SolomonIslands 231
Tokelau 237
Tonga,Kingdomof 239
Tuvalu 247
USA-AmericanSamoa 251
USA-Guam 257
USA-Hawaii 263
Vanuatu 271
;
WesternSamoa 277
AUSTRALASIA
Australia 287
NewZealand 325
THEANTARCTICANDSOUTHERNOCEANISLANDS
AntarcticTreatyTerritory 335
SouthernOceanIslands 341
France-liesCrozet 341
France-liesAmsterdamandStPaul 343
France-liesKerguelen 345
Norway-Bouvet0ya 347
SouthAfirica-PrinceEdwardIslands 348
UnitedKingdom-FalklandIslands 350