Marshall Islands     [7]
(in free association with United States)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: MH
LAND AREA: 181 sq. km     SEA AREA: 2131000 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	21	7	0	34

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 57000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 315 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 3%/year

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $0

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

Plants:                                                                 
  10 native ferns, 1 native cycad, 293 dicotyledon taxa including 88    
natives                                                                 
  1 endemic grass on Bokaak                                             
  4 endemic -Pandanus- ssp. on Eniwetak                                 
Insects:                                                                
  1 species of butterfly                                                
Reptiles-amphibians:                                                    
  7 species of lizards                                                  
Birds:                                                                  
  78 species, 18 resident, 2 introduced                                 
  Ducula oceanica ratakensis (Ratak Micronesian Pigeon), group endemic  
    subspecies, Wotje and Arno, Indeterminate (RDB)                     
  Zosterops conspicillata (Bridled White-eye) threatened                

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Environmental Protection Authority, P.O. Box 1322, Majuro, Marshall     
Islands                                                                 
  96960.  Tel: 3250 ext. 365; Telex: 0927; Fax: (692) 3685