Italy
SPI: 57.58
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Italy
Italy is a peninsular country that extends into the Mediterranean Sea. Terrain is mostly mountainous, with lowlands at the coasts. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Italy 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 air pollution; coastal and river pollution; acid rain; and inadequate industrial waste treatment.
29%
of land currently protected
346
total land vertebrate species
24
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Italian Wolf
39
amphibians / 12 endemic
159
birds / 0 endemic
98
mammals / 7 endemic
50
reptiles / 5 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
