Lake Tegano

East Rennell was selected for the World Heritage List in 1998 for a number of reasons. It has a remarkable ecosystem with thousands of plant species, and it is an important site for the science of island biogeography. Lake Tegano is the largest lake in the insular Pacific, and most notably, East Rennell is the largest raised coral atoll in the world. It was the first natural World Heritage List property under customary ownership and management, with approximately 1000 people of Polynesian origin living in the area and depending on it for their livelihood. More: www.pacific.undp.org