Botswana
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SPI: 93.72
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Botswana
Botswana is mostly flat land, crossed by the Zambezi, Limpopo, and Okavango Rivers. The Kalahari Desert crosses Botswana in the southwest. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Challenges to biodiversity in Botswana include desertification; water insecurity; and air pollution.
30%
of land currently protected
858
total land vertebrate species
1
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
White Rhino
47
amphibians / 0 endemic
494
birds / 0 endemic
170
mammals / 0 endemic
147
reptiles / 1 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
