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The '''Eiao Nature Reserve''' is a [[nature reserve]] encompassing the whole of the [[island]] of [[Eiao]] in the northern [[Marquesas Islands]], as well as several surrounding [[islet|rocks]]. 

In the 1970s, the island supported [[France|French]] military activity while it was being considered for [[nuclear weapons testing]]. As of 1972, three drilling operations found the island to be too fragile to withstand this type of testing. The reserve was declared in 1992,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pipap.sprep.org/pa/555547619 |title=Eiao Island, French Polynesia |publisher=SPREP |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> as a first step in preserving whatever remains of the devastated [[ecosystem]], which has almost entirely been destroyed through over-grazing by [[feral]] [[goat]]s, [[sheep]] and [[swine]]. In combination with the declaration of this reserve, several other reserves were declared as a part of the [[Marquesan Nature Reserves]]. This includes the [[Hatutu Nature Reserve]], the [[Motane Nature Reserve]], and the [[Motu One Reserve]].

The reserve is the primary nesting site of several [[endangered species]], several of which are [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]], including the [[Eiao Marquesan warbler]] (''Acrocephalus mendanae aquilonis'') and the [[Iphis monarch]] (''Pomarea iphis''). In the time before the creation of the reserve, the [[Eiao monarch]] had become extinct.

==See also==
*[[Eiao]]
*[[French Polynesia]]
*[[Marquesan Nature Reserves]]

==References==
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[[Category:Environment of the Marquesas Islands]]
[[Category:Nature reserves]]


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