Ghana
SPI: 79.19
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Ghana
Ghana borders the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Guinea. Its terrain is low plains. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Ghana 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 recurrent drought; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction; water pollution; and water insecurity.
18%
of land currently protected
1065
total land vertebrate species
7
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Diana Monkey
76
amphibians / 5 endemic
592
birds / 0 endemic
235
mammals / 0 endemic
162
reptiles / 2 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
