Chad
SPI: 68.84
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Chad
Chad contains a variety of landscapes, including arid plains, desert, mountains, and lowlands. The protected Lakes of Ounianga in northern Chad are 18 interconnected freshwater, saline, and hypersaline lakes. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Chad has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include water insecurity; improper waste disposal; soil and water pollution; and desertification.
19%
of land currently protected
792
total land vertebrate species
5
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Dama Gazelle
33
amphibians / 3 endemic
462
birds / 0 endemic
146
mammals / 0 endemic
151
reptiles / 2 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
