South China Sea Islands South China Sea Oceanic Islands
Location of the South China Sea Islands
Ecology
Realm
Indomalayan
Biome
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Geography
Area
6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Countries
List
Disputed between Brunei
China
Malaysia
Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam
Conservation
Conservation status
Critical/endangered
Protected
0 km2 (0%)[1]
The South China Sea Islands consist of over 250 islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs and seamounts in the South China Sea. The islands are mostly low and small and have few inhabitants. The islands and surrounding seas are subject to overlapping territorial claims by the countries bordering the South China Sea.
The South China Sea Islands constitute a distinct tropical moist broadleaf forest terrestrial ecoregion and the South China Sea Oceanic Islands marine ecoregion.[2]
^Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
^"South China Sea Islands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
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