Samoa
SPI: 8.24
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Samoa
Samoa is composed of a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The country has a narrow coastal plain that rises to inland, volcanic mountains. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Samoa has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include soil erosion; deforestation; invasive species; and overfishing.
11%
of land currently protected
12
total land vertebrate species
6
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Dwarf Olive Ibis
0
amphibians / 0 endemic
10
birds / 5 endemic
1
mammals / 1 endemic
1
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
