Japan
SPI: 58.94
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Japan
Japan is an island chain in eastern Asia, with coasts at the North Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Japan 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 and acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs; depletion of fish and forest resources; and waste management.
30%
of land currently protected
420
total land vertebrate species
173
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Japanese Red Crowned Crane
88
amphibians / 80 endemic
175
birds / 8 endemic
85
mammals / 41 endemic
72
reptiles / 44 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
