Azerbaijan
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SPI: 43.09
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is bordered by the Caucasus Mountains in the north, and its Apsheron Peninsula just into the Caspian Sea. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Local scientists consider the Apsheron Peninsula and Caspian Sea to be ecologically devastated due to severe pollution of their air, soil, and water. Surface and underground water are threatened by oil spills, pesticides, toxic runoff, industrial wastewater, and agricultural runoff.
12%
of land currently protected
323
total land vertebrate species
0
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Eastern Tur
10
amphibians / 0 endemic
153
birds / 0 endemic
93
mammals / 0 endemic
67
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
