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SPI: 63.25
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Singapore
Singapore is an island nation in Southeastern Asia, located in the Indian Ocean and separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Johor Strait. Singapore contains around 60 islands, and terrain is characterized by lowlands. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by urban use.
Singapore 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 water pollution; industrial pollution; limited freshwater; air pollution; deforestation; and seasonal from forest fires in neighboring Indonesia.
8%
of land currently protected
604
total land vertebrate species
2
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Sambar Deer
31
amphibians / 1 endemic
303
birds / 0 endemic
131
mammals / 0 endemic
139
reptiles / 1 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
