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SPI: 78.22
Species Protection Index Average: 41
National Report Card: Belarus
Belarus is a landlocked nation, with more than 11,000 lakes. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Challenges to biodiversity in Belarus include soil pollution from pesticide use. The southern region is also contaminated or recovering from the consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in Ukraine, which borders southern Belarus.
13.44%
of land currently protected
562
total land vertebrate species
0
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Fallow Deer
13
amphibians / 0 endemic
462
birds / 0 endemic
79
mammals / 0 endemic
8
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.