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SPI: 92.34
Species Protection Index Average: 41
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.
29.17%
of land currently protected
1497
total land vertebrate species
1
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
White Rhino
47
amphibians / 0 endemic
1102
birds / 0 endemic
177
mammals / 0 endemic
171
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.