The Pacific Islands: an analysis of the status of species as listed on the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, US Minor outlying islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
The Pacific islands of Oceania cover almost 15% of the worlds surface and are characterised by a high degree of ecosystem and species diversity. The region is characterised by thousands of isolated small coral atolls and higher volcanic islands, whi
