Georgia

Georgia is a mountainous country in southwestern Asia, with floodplain that drains to the Black Sea. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland. Georgia has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include air pollution; water pollution water insecurity; soil pollution; and land and forest degradation.