Gabon
SPI: 87.12
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Gabon
Gabon is located in Central Africa, at the Equator on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Terrain includes plains and savanna. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Gabon 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 deforestation; solid waste pollution; water pollution from the oil industry; and wildlife poaching.
24%
of land currently protected
915
total land vertebrate species
12
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Western Lowland Gorilla
95
amphibians / 5 endemic
481
birds / 0 endemic
184
mammals / 3 endemic
155
reptiles / 4 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
