Saint Lucia
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SPI: 21.15
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. Its tropical terrain includes volcanic mountains and fertile valleys. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Saint Lucia 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. rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation and soil erosion.
31%
of land currently protected
113
total land vertebrate species
13
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Union Island Gecko
0
amphibians / 0 endemic
87
birds / 5 endemic
13
mammals / 0 endemic
13
reptiles / 8 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
