Malta
SPI: 34.61
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Malta
Malta is an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. Cliffs dominate the coasts, and inland terrain is rocky and flat. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Malta has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include limited freshwater and deforestation.
67%
of land currently protected
35
total land vertebrate species
0
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Maltese Freshwater Crab
1
amphibians / 0 endemic
17
birds / 0 endemic
9
mammals / 0 endemic
8
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
