Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter III. Background, 1. Physical Setting of the Islands
Draft 1 March 2007
Anderson (2002) noted that the Line and Phoenix Islands were in an area of low rainfall and
were settled and abandoned prehistorically (see Figure III-1.39 below).
Figure III-1.39. The Distribution of Islands with Anomalous settlement histories
(+ = population declines, ● = settled and abandoned prehistorically),
In relation to annual rain fall (in mm) (source: Anderson 2002).
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