Jamaica
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SPI: 32.37
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Jamaica
Jamaica is a mountainous island nation in the Caribbean Sea of the Atlantic Ocean. Four main islands comprise most of the country, which also contains nearly 7,000 smaller islands. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Jamaica 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; coastal water pollution; damage to coral reefs; air pollution; and land erosion.
28%
of land currently protected
260
total land vertebrate species
81
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
American Crocodile
20
amphibians / 20 endemic
173
birds / 24 endemic
26
mammals / 5 endemic
41
reptiles / 32 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
