Summary description of each Field
in the directory [field size, format]
* Field in database but not presently included in
directory
entry
NOTE: In numerical fields, a zero often indicates that an accurate figure is not available, not that the value is zero.
C1. COUNTRY:
Full name of country or territory [40,Xxxxxx] See index by country
*C2. SHORT NAME: Short name of country
[15,Xxxxxx]
*C3. CMC: Conservation Monitoring Centre
area code [2,XX]
*C4. ISO: International Standards
Organization
country code [2,XX]
*C5. UN: United Nations country code
[3,999]
C6. (POLITICAL STATUS:
Political status (i.e. independent (1960) from ) [27,Xxxxxx]
C7. METRO): Metropolitan
country or former colonizer [30,Xxxxxx]
*C8. REGION: Region or biogeographic
province from standard list [8,Xxxxxx]
C9. LAND AREA:
Land area of the country in square kilometres [9]
C10. SEA AREA:
Sea area of the country within the 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone in
square kilometres [10]
C11. POPULATION:
Human population [10]
C12. (Year of the population census or estimate)
[4]
C13. DENSITY:
Population density in persons per square kilometre [3]
C14. GROWTH RATE:
Annual percentage population growth rate based on most recent 5-year
average
[3,9.9]
C15. GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Text description of the
government
authorities responsible for conservation, environment and sustainable
development
[memo field]
C16. ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION:
Text description of legislation concerning environment, conservation,
development
planning, etc. [memo field]
C17. ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATIONS: Text description of non-governmental
organizations concerned with the environment, conservation and sustainable
development [memo field]
C18. SPECIES OF
CONSERVATION
INTEREST: Text description of the country flora and
fauna,
including species of conservation interest at the country level
[memo
field]
TABLE OF NUMBER OF ISLANDS
IN THE COUNTRY BY SIZE
C19. Number of islands over 17,000 square kilometres [2]
C20. Number of islands between 10,000 and 17,000
sq. km. [2]
C21. Number of islands between 1,000 and 10,000 sq.
km. [2]
C22. Number of islands between 100 and 1,000 sq.
km. [2]
C23. Number of islands between 10 and 100 sq. km.
[4]
C24. Number of islands between 1 and 10 sq. km. [4]
C25. Number of islands less than 1 sq. km. [4]
C26. Number of islands of unknown area [5]
C27. TOTAL: Total number of islands (sum of 19 through
26) [5]
C28. REFERENCES:
References to principal sources [memo field]
C29. POP AGR/FISH/MINING:
Percentage of the economically active population in agriculture, forestry,
fishing, mining [2]
C30. GDP/Capita:
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (in US$) [5]
C31. Income/Capita:
Income per capita (in US$) [5]
C32. GDP/Capita 1960:
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (in US$) in 1960 [5]
C33. GDP/Capita 1970:
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (in US$) in 1970 [5]
C34. GDP/Capita 1980:
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (in US$) in 1980 [5]
C35. GDP/Capita 1990:
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (in US$) in 1990 [5]
C36. GDP/Capita PPP:
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (in US$) at Purchasing Power
Parity
[5]
C37. GNP:
Gross National Product (GNP) in US$ billions [7,99999.9]
C38. Annual GNP Growth
Rate 1980-1993: Annual percent growth rate in GNP
1980-1993
[4,99.9]
C39. GNP/Capita:
Gross National Product per capita in US$ [5]
C40. Annual Growth Rate
GNP/Capita: Annual growth rate in GNP per capita
[4,99.9]
C41. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE: Total net Overseas Development Assistance
received
in US$ millions [4]
C42. ODA%GNP:
Overseas Development Assistance as percent of GNP [5,999.9]
C43. ODA/Capita:
Overseas Development Assistance per capita in US$ [3]
C44. POP 1960:
Human population in 1960 [6,9999.9]
C45. EST. POP 2000:
Estimated population in 2000 [6,9999.9]
C46. GROWTH RATE 1960:
Population growth rate (percent) in 1960 [5,999.9]
C47. versus URBAN
POP 1960: Urban population as percent of total population in 1960
[3] as compared to C48 below
C48. URBAN POP:
Urban population as percent of total population [3]
C49. (Year of urban population figure) [4]
C50. Annual Growth:
Annual growth rate in urban population [5,999.9]
C51. LIFE EXPECTANCY:
Life expectancy at birth in years [4,99.9]
C52. versusINFANT
MORTALITY 1960: Infant mortality per 1000 live births in 1960 [3]
as compared to C53 below
C53. INFANT MORTALITY:
Infant mortality per 1000 live births [3]
C54. (Year of infant mortality figure) [4]
C55. LITERACY:
Adult literacy rate in percent of population [5,999.9]
C56. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INDEX: Human Development Index (HDI) calculated by
UNDP
(1994) [5,9.999]
C57. TOTAL FOREST AREA:
Forest cover in 1000 hectares (1995) [7]
C58. % of land area
(PERCENT FOREST AREA): Forest cover as
percent
of land area [4,99.9]
C59. ha/capita(FOREST
PER
CAPITA): Forest area in hectares per capita [4,99.9]
C60. NATURAL FOREST AREA:
Area of country covered by natural forest in 1000 hectares
(1995) [6]
C61. ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FOREST: Percent annual change in forest cover
1990-1995
[5,999.9]
C62. ARABLE LAND:
Arable land as percent of land area [4,99.9]
C63. versusELECTRICITY
1970: Electricity consumption kilowatt/hours per capita in 1970
[4] as compared to C64 below
C64. ELECTRICITY
CONSUMPTION:
Electricity consumption kilowatt/hours per capita (1994) [4]
C65. versusTRADITIONAL
FUEL
1973: Traditional fuel consumption as percent of total in 1973
[2] as compared to 1993 figure in C66 below
C66. TRADITIONAL FUEL
CONSUMPTION (1993): Traditional fuel consumption as
percent
of total in 1993 [2]
C67. INTERNAL RENEWABLE
WATER RESOURCES: Internal renewable water resources
per
capita 1995 in 1000 cu.m/year [5,999.9]
C68. SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION
(1990-92): Food supply from fish and seafood per
capita
in kilogrammes per year (1990-92) [2]
C69. CHANGE SINCE 1980-82:
Percent change in fish/seafood consumption per capita from 1980-82 to
1990-92
[4]
C70. CHANGE IN ANNUAL
MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: Annual marine fish
catch
percent change 1981-83 to 1991-93 [4]
*C71. ECOLOGICAL
VULNERABILITY:
Ecological Vulnerability Index [4] - not yet defined
*C72. ECONOMIC
VULNERABILITY:
Economic Vulnerability Index [4] - not yet defined
C73. Last updated:
Date (day/month/year) when country record last updated [8]
Summary description of each Field
and Indicator in the directory
[field size, format]
* Field in database but not presently included in
directory
entry
NOTE: In numerical fields, a zero often indicates that an accurate figure is not available, not that the value is zero.
1. ISLAND NAME:
Name of the island in English [40,Xxxxxxx] See index of islands
2. Group:
Name of island group (if part of a group) [40,Xxxxxxx]
3. Archipelago:
Name of the larger grouping or archipelago [40,Xxxxxxx]
4. Country:
Country - territorial unit - subunit [40,Xxxxxxx]
*5. CMC: Conservation Monitoring Centre
area code [2,XX]
6. *RS: Abbreviation for Regional Seas
programme, if any [5,XXXXX]
MED=Mediterranean;
CEP=Caribbean
Environment Programme; SEPCF=South-East Pacific; SPREP=South Pacific
Regional
Environment Programme; EAS=East Asian Seas; SAS=South Asian Seas;
KAP=Kuwait
Action Plan; RED=Red Sea & Gulf of Aden; EAF=East Africa; WACAF=West
and Central Africa; SWAT=South-West Atlantic; OSPAR=OSPAR (Oslo and
Paris)
Commission; HELCOM=Helsinki Commission; NOWPA=North-West Pacific Action
Plan; ECP=East-Central Pacific
7. Region:
Region or biogeographic province from standard list [20,Xxxxxxx]
8. Ocean:
Ocean (or Sea if not part of an ocean) [15,Xxxxxxx]
See the table of islands by ocean.
9. (Other Names):
Other names for the island (foreign language, obsolete, variant spellings)
in parentheses, with most frequently used first [40,(Xxxxxx,Xxxxxx)]
10. including:
Small nearby (or satellite) islands included in island description,
preceded
by "including" [40,including Xxxxxxx]
11. Lat:
Latitude in degrees and decimal fractions of a degree [6,99.999] (measured
at the geographic centre of the island)
*12. LAT_MS: Minutes and seconds of
latitude (automatically converted to decimals), and N or S [7,99
99 X]
13. Long:
Longitude in degrees and decimal fractions of a degree [7,999.999]
*14. LONG_MS: Minutes and seconds of
longitude (automatically converted to decimals), and E or W [7,99
99 X]
15. Area:
Land area of the island in square kilometres to nearest tenth [8,999999.9]
See the table of islands by land area.
16. Altitude:
Altitude of the highest point on the island in metres [4]
See the table of islands by altitude (for
islands over 400 m).
17. Submerged area <100m:
Underwater area of the island down to 100 metres depth in square
kilometres
[6]
18. Reef area:
Area of coral reefs down to 10 metres depth in square kilometres [6]
19. Lagoon area:
Area of lagoon in square kilometres [6]
20. Shoreline:
Length of shoreline in kilometres to nearest tenth [7,99999.9]
21. Coastal Index:
Coastal Index calculated from shoreline divided by land area [6,9.9999]
See explanation of island indicator Coastal
Index
22. (scale 1:): Scale
of map from which shoreline information was taken, since shoreline length
is highly dependent on map scale. 1:[8,99999999]
23. Land < 5m elevation:
Area of the island less than 5 m above sea level (extrapolated if
necessary
from half of the area below the 10 m curve) in square kilometres [6]
24. Sea level rise risk:
Indicator for vulnerability to sea level rise, based on percentage of
island
area below 5 m elevation [1] See explanation of island indicator
25. Nearest island:
Distance in kilometres to nearest similar sized or larger island, or to
the nearest continent if no nearer island [5]
26. group:
Distance in kilometres from the island group or archipelago to the nearest
other group or archipelago, or to the nearest continent if no nearer group
or archipelago [5]
27. Nearest continent:
Name of nearest continent [15,Xxxxxxx]
28. Distance:
Distance in kilometres to nearest continent [5]
[NOTE: for a single remote island with no nearer island or group, the
distance to the nearest continent is repeated in 25, 26 and 28.]
29. Isolation Index:
Indicator of island isolation based on the sum of the square roots of the
distances to the nearest island, the nearest group and the nearest
continent
[2] See explanation of island indicator Isolation
Index
See the table of more isolated islands.
30. Depth to nearest land:
Minimum water depth in metres between the island or island group and a
larger landmass, important in determining how isolated the island was
during
the low sea level of the ice ages [4]
*31. DOMINANT: Letter code for the
predominant
island type [1,X] (for internal use):
C=continental; V=volcanic;
A=atoll; L=low island; R=raised/elevated coral isl.
*32. OTHER: Letter code for secondary
island type/structure where this co-occurs [1,X] (for internal use)
33. ISLAND TYPE:
Short word description of island type [30,xxxx xxxx]
See the tables of islands by geological type: atoll,
low
islands, raised coral,
volcanic,
continental.
34. GEOLOGY/SOILS:
Text description of island form, structure, geology and soils [memo field]
CLIMATE
includes the following fields:
35. RAINFALL TYPE: Rainfall category:
wet, seasonal or monsoonal, dry [15,xxxxxx]
36. TEMPERATURE TYPE:
Temperature category: tropical, subtropical, temperate,
subpolar, polar [15,xxx]
37. CLIMATE: Short word
description of climate (in addition to rainfall/temperature) [30,xxx]
38. [reserved for future climate codes]
39. WATER BALANCE:
Short word description of water resources and balance (i.e. abundant
surface
water, seasonally restricted ground water, only rainwater catchment with
periodic drought, etc.) [50,xxxx xxxx]
40. CATASTROPHIC THREATS:
Major large-scale natural or man-made catastrophic threats to the island
environment that might wipe out a species or ecosystem: cyclones
(typhoons,
hurricanes); volcanic eruption; earthquake/tsunami; drought; major fire;
oil spill; acid rain, etc. [55,xxxx, xxxx]
41. Threat Indicator
VU: Numeric vulnerability indicator based on the number of threats in
40.
[1] See explanation of island indicator Threat
42. Natural Protection
Indicator NP: based on remoteness (from the Isolation
Index),
lack of inhabitants, and few invasive introduced species (low invasive
species indicator). [1]
See explanation of island indicator Natural
Protection
*43. INCLUDE: Code for inclusion or exclusion of entry
from directory, and for type of directory coverage [for internal use
only]
44. ECOSYSTEMS:
Text description of ecosystems occurring on and around the island, with
reference to standard lists of ecosystems/habitats, including subdivisions
or distinctive formations within the standard types, as well as the area
or % coverage, and present status of the ecosystems if known. [memo
field]
45. Percent of land:
Forested:
Present percent (0-99%) of land area covered by forest (if present but
% unknown, enter "-9") [2]
46. Annual forest change:
Annual percent change in forest cover (negative or positive) [4]
47. Developed:
Percent of land area developed for agriculture, urban or other use [2]
48. Degraded:
Percent of land classed as degraded [2]
49. Percent shoreline:
Coral Reef: Percent of coastline with coral reefs
(-9=present
but % unknown) [2]
50. Mangrove:
Percent of coastline with mangroves (-9=present but % unknown) [2]
51. Number of
Ecosystems
- Terrestrial: Count of the number of terrestrial
ecosystem
or biome types present (using the standard classification) [2]
52. Marine:
Count of the number of marine ecosystems/biomes present [2]
53. SPECIES OF CONSERVATION
INTEREST: Text description of species on the island,
general
state of the fauna and flora; can include list of species of conservation
interest [memo field] [NOTE: Text from memo fields in the Island Database
cannot be formatted automatically in html and may run together when
transferred
to the web.]
[NOTE: Text from memo fields in the Island Database cannot be formatted
automatically in html and may run together when transferred to the web.]