Guyana

Guyana is a coastal country on the Atlantic Ocean in northern South America. Terrain varies from a low coastal plain to savanna and some of the most pristine areas of the Amazon Rainforest. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland. Guyana 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 water pollution and deforestation.