Oman

Oman is a coastal country on the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East. It has a desert and mountainous landscape, and its northern coast borders the Persian Gulf. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland. Oman has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include freshwater insecurity; water pollution; high soil and water salinity; beach pollution from oil spills; and desertification of arable lands.