Bahrain

SPI: 3.68

Species Protection Index Average: 42

National Report Card: Bahrain

Bahrain is an archipelago in the Persian Gulf. Its terrain is low desert plain that rises to a central plateau. In Bahrain most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by urban use. Bahrain’s rarity of marine fish and mammals is high. Challenges to biodiversity include desertification and drought; coastal resulting from oil spills and discharges; and a lack of freshwater resources.
1%

of land currently protected

72

total land vertebrate species

0

endemic land vertebrate species

Species of significant conservation interest

Arabian Oryx

1
amphibians / 0 endemic
30
birds / 0 endemic
23
mammals / 0 endemic
18
reptiles / 0 endemic

Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.

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