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	==Flora and fauna==		==Flora and fauna==
	The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> The site has been identified by [[BirdLife International]] as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) because it supports populations of several of these bird species, including [[silver-capped fruit dove]]s, [[yellow-bibbed lory\|yellow-bibbed lories]], [[Rennell parrot]]s, [[green pygmy-parrot]]s, [[cardinal myzomela]]s, [[Rennell gerygone]]s, [[Rennell fantail]]s, [[Melanesian flycatcher]]s, [[Rennell shrikebill]]s, [[bare-eyed white-eye\|bare-eyed]] and [[Rennell white-eye]]s, and [[Rennell starling]]s.<ref name=bli> {{cite web \|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-rennell-iba-solomon-islands \|title=East Rennell \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date= \|website= BirdLife Data Zone\|publisher= BirdLife International\|access-date= 6 October 2020\|quote=}}</ref>		The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> The site has been identified by [[BirdLife International]] as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) because it supports populations of several of these bird species, including [[silver-capped fruit dove]]s, [[yellow-bibbed lory\|yellow-bibbed lories]], [[Rennell parrot]]s, [[Finsch's pygmy parrot\|green pygmy parrot]]s, [[cardinal myzomela]]s, [[Rennell gerygone]]s, [[Rennell fantail]]s, [[Melanesian flycatcher]]s, [[Rennell shrikebill]]s, [[bare-eyed white-eye\|bare-eyed]] and [[Rennell white-eye]]s, and [[Rennell starling]]s.<ref name=bli> {{cite web \|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-rennell-iba-solomon-islands \|title=East Rennell \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date= \|website= BirdLife Data Zone\|publisher= BirdLife International\|access-date= 6 October 2020\|quote=}}</ref>

	One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| date = 2010 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en }}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell\|website=UNESCO}}</ref>		One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| date = 2010 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en }}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell\|website=UNESCO}}</ref>

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	==Flora and fauna==		==Flora and fauna==
	The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> ~~One~~ ~~reptile~~ of ~~note~~ is [[~~Crocker's~~ ~~sea snake~~]], an ~~endemic~~ ~~species~~ ~~found~~ in ~~Lake~~ ~~Tegano~~ ~~and~~ ~~nowhere~~ ~~else~~ in ~~the~~ ~~world.<ref~~ ~~name=iucn>{{Cite~~ ~~iucn~~ ~~\|author1=~~ ~~Lane,~~ A. ~~\|author2=Guinea~~, M. \| ~~title~~ = ~~''Laticauda~~ ~~crockeri''~~ \| ~~volume~~ = ~~2010~~ \| ~~page~~ = ~~e.T11369A3273817~~ \| ~~date~~ = ~~2010~~ \| ~~doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010~~-~~4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en }}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics)~~ and ~~close~~ ~~to 730 insect species~~, ~~many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms~~ and ~~algae, a~~ ~~few of them endemic, form its rich flora~~.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=~~https~~://~~whc~~.~~unesco~~.org/en/~~list~~/~~854~~\|title=East Rennell\|website=~~UNESCO~~}}</ref>		The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> The site has been identified by [[BirdLife International]] as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) because it supports populations of several of these bird species, including [[silver-capped fruit dove]]s, [[yellow-bibbed lory\|yellow-bibbed lories]], [[Rennell parrot]]s, [[green pygmy-parrot]]s, [[cardinal myzomela]]s, [[Rennell gerygone]]s, [[Rennell fantail]]s, [[Melanesian flycatcher]]s, [[Rennell shrikebill]]s, [[bare-eyed white-eye\|bare-eyed]] and [[Rennell white-eye]]s, and [[Rennell starling]]s.<ref name=bli> {{cite web \|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-rennell-iba-solomon-islands \|title=East Rennell \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date= \|website= BirdLife Data Zone\|publisher= BirdLife International\|access-date= 6 October 2020\|quote=}}</ref>

			One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| date = 2010 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en }}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell\|website=UNESCO}}</ref>

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			{{short description\|Eastern half of Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands}}
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	==History==		==History==
	The island has about ~~eight hundred~~ inhabitants living in four villages around Lake Tegano. They are subsistence farmers and fishermen, relying on the forests and waters to provide them with all their basic needs. A management plan for the site was completed in 2007 in conjunction with the islanders which recognises their rights to continue their traditional cultural practices and way of life. These are thought not to be detrimental to the site, the [[IUCN]] stating that "customary ownership can be more conducive to conservation than if the land was under the control of a distant government office".<ref name=Brockwell>{{cite book\|author1=Brockwell, Sally \|author2=O’Connor, Sue\|author3=Byrne, Denis\|title=Transcending the Culture–Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia–Pacific region\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0V3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 \|year=2013\|publisher=ANU E Press \|isbn=978-1-922144-05-8 \|pages=27–28}}</ref>		The island has about 800 inhabitants living in four villages around Lake Tegano. They are subsistence farmers and fishermen, relying on the forests and waters to provide them with all their basic needs. A management plan for the site was completed in 2007 in conjunction with the islanders which recognises their rights to continue their traditional cultural practices and way of life. These are thought not to be detrimental to the site, the [[IUCN]] stating that "customary ownership can be more conducive to conservation than if the land was under the control of a distant government office".<ref name=Brockwell>{{cite book\|author1=Brockwell, Sally \|author2=O’Connor, Sue\|author3=Byrne, Denis\|title=Transcending the Culture–Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia–Pacific region\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0V3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 \|year=2013\|publisher=ANU E Press \|isbn=978-1-922144-05-8 \|pages=27–28}}</ref>

	==Flora and fauna==		==Flora and fauna==

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	==Site==		==Site==
	Rennell is situated in the Western Pacific and is the southernmost of the [[Solomon Islands]], being some {{convert\|86\|by\|15\|km\|mi\|0\|abbr=on}}. It is the largest uplifted coral [[atoll]] in the world, occupying {{convert\|37000\|ha}}. It is mostly clad in dense forest and in the centre of the south end of the island is [[Lake Tegano]] (also known as Te Nggano), which was at one time the atoll's [[lagoon]]; the surface of the lake is at sea level and the water is brackish. It is surrounded by cliffs and contains a number of small limestone islands. East Rennell, designated as a World Heritage Site in 1998, is at the southern end of the island; the site includes Lake Tegano, the land surrounding it, and the marine areas stretching for three nautical miles from the island. The site is unspoiled, prone to damage by [[cyclone]]s, and is "considered to be a true natural laboratory for scientific study."<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web \|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854 \|title=East Rennell \|work=World Heritage \|publisher=Unesco \|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=Stanley>{{cite book\|author=Stanley, David\|title=South Pacific Handbook\|url=https://~~books~~.~~google.com~~/~~books?id=w6zguqsU7x0C&pg=PA898~~ \|year=2000 \|publisher=David Stanley \|isbn=978-1-56691-172-6 \|pages=~~898–899~~}}</ref>		Rennell is situated in the Western Pacific and is the southernmost of the [[Solomon Islands]], being some {{convert\|86\|by\|15\|km\|mi\|0\|abbr=on}}. It is the largest uplifted coral [[atoll]] in the world, occupying {{convert\|37000\|ha}}. It is mostly clad in dense forest and in the centre of the south end of the island is [[Lake Tegano]] (also known as Te Nggano), which was at one time the atoll's [[lagoon]]; the surface of the lake is at sea level and the water is brackish. It is surrounded by cliffs and contains a number of small limestone islands. East Rennell, designated as a World Heritage Site in 1998, is at the southern end of the island; the site includes Lake Tegano, the land surrounding it, and the marine areas stretching for three nautical miles from the island. The site is unspoiled, prone to damage by [[cyclone]]s, and is "considered to be a true natural laboratory for scientific study."<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web \|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854 \|title=East Rennell \|work=World Heritage \|publisher=Unesco \|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=Stanley>{{cite book\|author=Stanley, David\|title=South Pacific Handbook\|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_w6zguqsU7x0C \|year=2000 \|publisher=David Stanley \|isbn=978-1-56691-172-6 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_w6zguqsU7x0C/page/n897 898]–899}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	'''East Rennell''' is the southern portion of [[Rennell Island]] in the [[Solomon Islands]] which is designated a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]. Rennell is the largest [[raised coral atoll]] in the world and the area in East Rennell surrounding Lake Tegano contains many [[Endemism\|endemic]] species.		'''East Rennell''' is the southern portion of [[Rennell Island]] in the [[Solomon Islands]] which is designated a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]. Rennell is the largest [[raised coral atoll]] in the world and the area in East Rennell surrounding Lake Tegano contains many [[Endemism\|endemic]] species.

	In 2013, the [[World Heritage Committee]] added East Rennell to the [[List of World Heritage in Danger]] because of the threat of logging activities to the site's outstanding universal value.<ref>{{Cite web\|author=World Heritage Committee\|url=~~http~~://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1034\|title=World Heritage Committee inscribes East Rennell on the List of World Heritage in Danger\|publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization\|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref>		In 2013, the [[World Heritage Committee]] added East Rennell to the [[List of World Heritage in Danger]] because of the threat of logging activities to the site's outstanding universal value.<ref>{{Cite web\|author=World Heritage Committee\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1034\|title=World Heritage Committee inscribes East Rennell on the List of World Heritage in Danger\|publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization\|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref>

	==Site==		==Site==
	Rennell is situated in the Western Pacific and is the southernmost of the [[Solomon Islands]], being some {{convert\|86\|by\|15\|km\|mi\|0\|abbr=on}}. It is the largest uplifted coral [[atoll]] in the world, occupying {{convert\|37000\|ha}}. It is mostly clad in dense forest and in the centre of the south end of the island is [[Lake Tegano]] (also known as Te Nggano), which was at one time the atoll's [[lagoon]]; the surface of the lake is at sea level and the water is brackish. It is surrounded by cliffs and contains a number of small limestone islands. East Rennell, designated as a World Heritage Site in 1998, is at the southern end of the island; the site includes Lake Tegano, the land surrounding it, and the marine areas stretching for three nautical miles from the island. The site is unspoiled, prone to damage by [[cyclone]]s, and is "considered to be a true natural laboratory for scientific study."<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web \|url=~~http~~://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854 \|title=East Rennell \|work=World Heritage \|publisher=Unesco \|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=Stanley>{{cite book\|author=Stanley, David\|title=South Pacific Handbook\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6zguqsU7x0C&pg=PA898 \|year=2000 \|publisher=David Stanley \|isbn=978-1-56691-172-6 \|pages=898–899}}</ref>		Rennell is situated in the Western Pacific and is the southernmost of the [[Solomon Islands]], being some {{convert\|86\|by\|15\|km\|mi\|0\|abbr=on}}. It is the largest uplifted coral [[atoll]] in the world, occupying {{convert\|37000\|ha}}. It is mostly clad in dense forest and in the centre of the south end of the island is [[Lake Tegano]] (also known as Te Nggano), which was at one time the atoll's [[lagoon]]; the surface of the lake is at sea level and the water is brackish. It is surrounded by cliffs and contains a number of small limestone islands. East Rennell, designated as a World Heritage Site in 1998, is at the southern end of the island; the site includes Lake Tegano, the land surrounding it, and the marine areas stretching for three nautical miles from the island. The site is unspoiled, prone to damage by [[cyclone]]s, and is "considered to be a true natural laboratory for scientific study."<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web \|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854 \|title=East Rennell \|work=World Heritage \|publisher=Unesco \|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=Stanley>{{cite book\|author=Stanley, David\|title=South Pacific Handbook\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6zguqsU7x0C&pg=PA898 \|year=2000 \|publisher=David Stanley \|isbn=978-1-56691-172-6 \|pages=898–899}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	==Flora and fauna==		==Flora and fauna==
	The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite ~~journal~~ \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' ~~\| journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]]~~ \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 ~~\| publisher = [[IUCN]]~~ \| date = 2010 ~~\| url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11369/0~~ \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en ~~\| access-date = 14 January 2018~~}}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell\|website=UNESCO}}</ref>		The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| date = 2010 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en }}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell\|website=UNESCO}}</ref>

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	==Flora and fauna==		==Flora and fauna==
	The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| publisher = [[IUCN]] \| date = 2010 \| url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11369/0 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en \| access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell~~\|last=\|first=\|date=~~\|website=UNESCO~~\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=~~}}</ref>		The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| publisher = [[IUCN]] \| date = 2010 \| url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11369/0 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en \| access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell\|website=UNESCO}}</ref>

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	==Flora and fauna==		==Flora and fauna==
	The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| publisher = [[IUCN]] \| date = 2010 \| url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11369/0 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en \| access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref>		The island is covered with dense forest which provides habitat for the many bird species. It is logging in the west end of the island, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic.<ref name=Stanley/> One reptile of note is [[Crocker's sea snake]], an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal \|author1= Lane, A. \|author2=Guinea, M. \| title = ''Laticauda crockeri'' \| journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] \| volume = 2010 \| page = e.T11369A3273817 \| publisher = [[IUCN]] \| date = 2010 \| url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11369/0 \| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en \| access-date = 14 January 2018}}</ref> There are 11 species of bat (one endemic), 27 species of land snail (seven endemics) and close to 730 insect species, many of which are endemic present in the region. Over 300 species of diatoms and algae, a few of them endemic, form its rich flora.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/854\|title=East Rennell\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=UNESCO\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|dead-url=\|access-date=}}</ref>

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