Bhutan

Located in the Himalayas, Bhutan is mountainous, with fertile valleys and grassy plains. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland. Bhutan has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include soil erosion and pollution.