Nepal
SPI: 54.26
Species Protection Index Average: 41
National Report Card: Nepal
Nepal is a landlocked country located in Southeast Asia, with terrain that varies from plains at the Ganges River to rugged mountains of the Himalayas. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Nepal 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. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; soil erosion; water and air pollution.
23.4%
of land currently protected
1894
total land vertebrate species
19
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Red Panda
49
amphibians / 6 endemic
1472
birds / 0 endemic
206
mammals / 1 endemic
167
reptiles / 1 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
