Tajikistan
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SPI: 34.68
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Tajikistan
Tajikistan is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. The country’s terrain varies between mountains and valleys. It is also home to the source of the Amu Darya River. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Tajikistan has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, mammals and reptiles is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include air pollution; water pollution; soil erosion and salinity.
20%
of land currently protected
306
total land vertebrate species
1
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Snow Leopard
1
amphibians / 1 endemic
166
birds / 0 endemic
80
mammals / 0 endemic
59
reptiles / 0 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
