Vanuatu rain forests

Vanuatu rain forests

The Vanuatu rain forests are a terrestrial ecoregion that includes the islands of Vanuatu, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands group of the neighboring Solomon Islands. It is part of the Australasia ecozone, which includes neighboring New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, as well as Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. The Vanuatu rain forests are a Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion, also known as a tropical rainforest.

External links

* [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0126_full.html Vanuatu rain forests (World Wildlife Fund)]


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