Niger
SPI: 78.08
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Niger
Niger is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Desert dominates its terrain, and savannas cross the south. In Niger most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Challenges to biodiversity include overgrazing; soil erosion and desertification; deforestation; water pollution; and wildlife poaching.
19%
of land currently protected
601
total land vertebrate species
1
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
West African Lion
20
amphibians / 0 endemic
372
birds / 0 endemic
123
mammals / 1 endemic
86
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
