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Tetepare Community Conservation Agreement Tetepare Island, Solomon IslandsMarch 15th, 2016
Tetepare is the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific and one of the last remaining unlogged islands in the Solomon Islands. Untouched since the mid-1800s, Tetepare harbors 12,000 ha of pristine rainforest and fringing reefs with some of the highest coral and reef fish diversity on earth. The island is currently managed and protected by its traditional owners through a landowner group (the Tetepare Descendents Association, TDA) which was formed to protect the island and its surrounding waters from development. The community’s commitment to conservation is buttressed by an agreement in which TDA is provided with a scholarship program and other benefits in exchange for strict compliance with
