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SPI: 84.93
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Sweden
Sweden is located in Northern Europe, with a coast along the Baltic Sea. Most of the country is lowlands, with thousands of lakes, mountains in the west, and subarctic terrain in the north. In Sweden most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include marine pollution; acid rain; air pollution; and harmful timber harvesting.
24%
of land currently protected
168
total land vertebrate species
0
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Pond Bat
11
amphibians / 0 endemic
102
birds / 0 endemic
50
mammals / 0 endemic
5
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
