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SPI: 56.45
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Greece
Greece is a peninsular country with mountains that extend to the Aegean Sea and form more than 2,000 islands, less than 200 of which are inhabited. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Greece has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include air pollution; water pollution; degradation of coastal zones; and municipal and industrial waste pollution.
41%
of land currently protected
331
total land vertebrate species
17
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Mediterranean Monk Seal
21
amphibians / 3 endemic
156
birds / 0 endemic
88
mammals / 3 endemic
66
reptiles / 11 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.