8 SEPTEMBER 2014
Apia, Samoa ---- Environment Ministers of five Pacific Island countries – Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Samoa and Vanuatu – have committed to increase efforts to conserve mangroves, by signing the Pacific Mangroves Charter at a side event of the 3rd United Nations International Conference on Small Islands Developing States (SIDS).
The Pacific Islands contain over 70% of the world’s mangrove species, despite containing only 3.8% of the global mangrove area. Each island group has a unique mangrove community structure, as genetic isolation has allowed endemic mangrove species to evolve.
Source: Islands Business