Guatemala
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SPI: 33.03
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Guatemala
Guatemala is a coastal country bordering the North Pacific Ocean in Central America. Tropical forests and two mountain ranges cross the country. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Guatemala 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; soil erosion; water pollution.
22%
of land currently protected
1248
total land vertebrate species
80
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
White Lipped Peccary
150
amphibians / 48 endemic
603
birds / 0 endemic
235
mammals / 12 endemic
260
reptiles / 20 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
