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Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Final Environmental Assessment, December 2008
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Monument) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands comprises one of the largest protected areas in the world. The Monument, a vast, remote, and largely uninhabited marine region, encompasses an area of approximately 139,793 square miles (362,061 square kilometers) of Pacific Ocean in the northwestern extent of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Covering a distance of 1,200 miles, the 100-mile wide Monument is dotted with small islands, islets, and atolls and a complex array of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. This region and its natural and historic resources hold great cultural and religious significance to Native Hawaiians. It is also home to a variety of post-Western-contact historic resources, such as those associated with the Battle of Midway. As such, the Monument has been identified as a national priority for permanent protection as a Monument for its unique and significant confluence of conservation, ecological, historical, scientific, educational, and Native Hawaiian cultural qualities. This environmental assessment addresses the Proposed Action presented in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Monument) Management Plan and the No Action alternative of continuing existing management activities. The Proposed Action includes implementation of new and expanded activities described in the Monument Management Plan.
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Final Environmental Assessment, December 2008
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Monument) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands comprises one of the largest protected areas in the world. The Monument, a vast, remote, and largely uninhabited marine region, encompasses an area of approximately 139,793 square miles (362,061 square kilometers) of Pacific Ocean in the northwestern extent of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Covering a distance of 1,200 miles, the 100-mile wide Monument is dotted with small islands, islets, and atolls and a complex array of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. This region and its natural and historic resources hold great cultural and religious significance to Native Hawaiians. It is also home to a variety of post-Western-contact historic resources, such as those associated with the Battle of Midway. As such, the Monument has been identified as a national priority for permanent protection as a Monument for its unique and significant confluence of conservation, ecological, historical, scientific, educational, and Native Hawaiian cultural qualities. This environmental assessment addresses the Proposed Action presented in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Monument) Management Plan and the No Action alternative of continuing existing management activities. The Proposed Action includes implementation of new and expanded activities described in the Monument Management Plan.
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Final Environmental Assessment, December 2008
2008
477 pages
Report
No indication
English
Recreation , Biological Oceanography , Marine Geophysics & Geology , Monuments , Marine region , Management planning , Uninhabited areas , Islands , Islets , Atolls , Terrestrial ecosystems , Historic resources , Environmental assessment , Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument(Hawaii) , Midway Atoll