Liberia

Liberia borders the northern Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Africa. A rolling coastal plain features mangroves and lagoons, and terrain rises to a grassy plateau and low mountains. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland. Liberia has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; soil erosion; hunting of endangered species for bushmeat; coastal water and river pollution; and poor waste management.