this also covers per cent of the global eezs and per cent of the world s coral reefs burke et al these figures contrast markedly with the small combined land mass of only half a million square kilometres the nine commonwealth pacific small states fiji kiribati nauru papua new guinea samoa solomon islands tonga tuvalu and vanuatu have the lion s share of land resources coastline area accessible to inshore fisheries and coral reefs but only per cent of the region s eez