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Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, Palau

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Find out more about the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon in Palau here: https://iucn.org/about/work/programmes/wcpa_worldheritage/?16088/Natural-laboratory-for-marine-species
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Beach and recreational facilities © IUCN J Tamelander 2011
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Page 1: Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, Palau

Beach and recreational facilities © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Rock Island and coral © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Mastigias papua etpisoni jellyfish in Ongeim’l Tketau, or Jellyfish Lake, a major tourism attraction © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Rock Islands © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.) in Caulerpa seaweed in a marine lake © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Tourism is a major attraction, such as kayaking through the rock islands© IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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While some areas experienced severe coral bleaching and mortality in 1998 coral growth since then has been considerable © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Abundant fish life on the barrier reef of RISL © IUCN J Tamelander 2011

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Sharks are common on and near the coral reefs in RISL. Palau declared it’s entire EEZ a shark sanctuary in 2009 © IUCN J Tamelander 2011


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