Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Homepage of the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Reading Room.
Global Warming in Oceania (http://www.janesoceania.com/oceania_global_warming/index.htm)
Information about the causes and effects of global warming in Oceania. From Jane Resture's Oceania Web site.
Historical Maps of Australia and the Pacific (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history%5Faustral%5Fpacific.html)
Part of the Perry-Castanada Library Map Collection, this web site provides links to historical maps of numerous places in the Pacific including Fiji, Tonga, Australia and New Zealand, as well as thirty World War II maps of the Asia-Pacific Theater.
Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance (http://www.indopacific.org)
The Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance is a non-profit biodiveristy conservation organization focusing on the tropical Pacific region. Its website contains information about its programs, partners and products.
Island Directory: Fiji (http://islands.unep.ch/CLQ.htm)
Part of the United Nations Environmental Program, this web site provides basic geographic information about Fiji including all its constituent islands.
Laje Rotuma Initiative (http://www.rotuma.net/os/lajerotuma.htm)
This web site details the activities of the Laje Rotuma Initiative, a project started by Rotiumans in Fiji to encourage environmental projects on the island of Rotuma.
BirdLife - Pacific (http://www.birdlife.org/regional/pacific/index.html)
Part of BirdLife International's website, this page provides ornitholigical information about the Pacific.
Rabi Island Information Index (http://www.banaban.com/rabindex.htm)
Part of the Meet the Banabans web site, this page provides information about the island of Rabi. Politically part of Fiji, Rabi is inhabited in large part by Banabans and Gilbertese who were forced to move there after WWII.
SPREP - South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme (/http://www.sidsnet.org/pacific/sprep/default.htm)
Based in Apia, the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme is the Pacific region's major intergovernmental organization charged with protecting and managing the environment and natural resources. Its web site contains information about natural resources, nature conservation, coastal management, marine species, Pacific birds, invasive species, biodiversity, pollution, environmental awareness, climate change and international waters.
WWF - Global 200 (http://www.panda.org/about%5Fwwf/where%5Fwe%5Fwork/ecoregions/global200/pages/australasia.htm)
Part of the World Wildlife Federation's web site, this page leads information about ecosystems of Australasia and the Pacific. Users can search by either country or ecoregions and are then led to detailed descriptions of the environment in the chosen area.
WWF South Pacific Programme homepage (http://www.wwfpacific.org.fj)
This web site contains information about Pacific ecoregions, marine ecosystems, forest ecosystems, wetland ecosystems, climate change, mining and conservation in the Pacific, as well as the World Wildlife Federation's publications and activities.
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