Cuba
SPI: 39.24
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Cuba
Cuba is an island nation in the North Atlantic Ocean, composed of rolling plains rising to mountains. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Cuba 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. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include soil degradation and desertification; deforestation; and air and water pollution.
18%
of land currently protected
435
total land vertebrate species
195
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Blue Headed Quail Dove
61
amphibians / 59 endemic
202
birds / 14 endemic
37
mammals / 10 endemic
135
reptiles / 112 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
