Burkina Faso
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SPI: 89.82
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is characterized by rolling plains, a grassland plateau crossed by the Red, Black, and White Volta Rivers. The country’s north borders the Sahara Desert. In Burkina Faso most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Challenges to biodiversity include drought and desertification; urban development; soil degradation; and deforestation.
18%
of land currently protected
614
total land vertebrate species
0
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Slender Snouted Crocodile
30
amphibians / 0 endemic
385
birds / 0 endemic
126
mammals / 0 endemic
73
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
