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This chapter describes the serendipitous introduction of tourism on the island of Rennell, a raised atoll and Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands, and the eventual inscription of the eastern part of the island as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Rennell has, at least for some time, been saved from environmental destruction by the advent of tourism.
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A copy of the 1987 logging proposal by Foxwood for Rennell Island is held in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau of the Australian National University: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/reels/manuscripts/PMB1187.PDF.
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For an extensive bibliography of Rennell and Bellona Islands, consult Kuschel et al. (2001).
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Munch-Petersen, N.F. (2011). An Island Saved, At Least for Some Time? The Advent of Tourism to Rennell, Solomon Islands. In: Baldacchino, G., Niles, D. (eds) Island Futures. Global Environmental Studies. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53989-6_13
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