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Cook Islands     [27]
(Free association with New Zealand)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: CK
LAND AREA: 241 sq. km     SEA AREA: 1830000 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
>17,000 >10,000 >1,000 >100 >10 >1 <1 Unknown TOTAL
0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 15

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 19000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 79 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $0

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST: 

Insects:                                                                
  2 species of butterflies                                              
Other invertebrates:                                                    
  13 endemic endodontids (land snails), only 2 found in 1965            
  2 partulids                                                           
Birds:                                                                  
  Ptilinopus rarotongensis (Rarotonga Fruit Dove) endemic, Atiu and     
Rarotonga                                                               
  Collocalia sawtelli (Cook Islands or Atiu Swiftlet) endemic to Cook   
Islands                                                                 
  Acrocephalus kerearako, southern Cook Islands                         
Marine life:                                                            
  57 species of hard corals

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 

Cook Islands Conservation Service

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION: 
Conservation Act (1986-87)

ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:

REFERENCES:

Last updated 01/02/98

Islands of Cook Islands
Aitutaki (Cook Islands)
Atiu (Cook Islands)
Mangaia (Cook Islands)
Manihiki (Cook Islands)
Manuae (Cook Islands)
Mauke (Cook Islands)
Mitiaro (Cook Islands)
Nassau (Cook Islands)
Palmerston (Cook Islands)
Penrhyn (Cook Islands)
Pukapuka (Cook Islands)
Rakahanga (Cook Islands)
Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Suwarrow (Cook Islands)
Takutea (Cook Islands)

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