The Cook Islands rarely make the news, but, ahead of the 2012 Pacific Islands Forum this week the Cook Islands announced that it had declared the world’s largest marine reserve. Here’s a quick 101:
Some 17,791 people live in the Islands. According to preliminary results of the 2011 census, 73.6 percent (13,097) live on Rarotonga. The islands of Manuae and Takutea are deserted.
The vast majority of people who live there, 81 percent, are Polynesian. About 2 percent of the population is European.
About 100,000 visitors traveled to the islands in 2011.
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