Environment > Biodiversity richness: Countries Compared

Author: Edria Murray, Staff editor

Biodiversity richness refers to the number of species present and the number of endemic

species.

This index has defined three groups:

<li>Group 1 - These are the twenty five countries with the greatest

biodiversity.</li>

<li>Group 2 - The next twenty five countries most biodiverse countries.</li>
<li>Group 3 - Island nations or groups of islands which have fewer total species, but

a large proportion of unique native species.</li>

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DEFINITION: Caldecott, J.O., M.D. Jenkins, T. Johnson and B. Groombridge. 1994. Priorities for Conserving Global Species Richness and Endemism. In World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Biodiversity Series No. 3 (N. Mark Collins, ed.) pp. 17. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

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Totals

#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
=1	MauritiusMauritius	3	1994
=1	JapanJapan	3	1994
=1	Federated States of MicronesiaMicronesia	3	1994
=1	PalauPalau	3	1994
=1	TaiwanTaiwan	3	1994
=1	FijiFiji	3	1994
=1	VanuatuVanuatu	3	1994
=1	HaitiHaiti	3	1994
=1	SeychellesSeychelles	3	1994
=1	SamoaSamoa	3	1994
=1	JamaicaJamaica	3	1994
=1	ComorosComoros	3	1994
=13	KenyaKenya	2	1994
=13	LaosLaos	2	1994
=13	PanamaPanama	2	1994
=13	CubaCuba	2	1994
=13	NigeriaNigeria	2	1994
=13	GuyanaGuyana	2	1994
=13	ThailandThailand	2	1994
=13	UgandaUganda	2	1994
=13	SudanSudan	2	1994
=13	BotswanaBotswana	2	1994
=13	SurinameSuriname	2	1994
=13	IranIran	2	1994
=13	ChileChile	2	1994
=13	ZambiaZambia	2	1994
=13	TurkeyTurkey	2	1994
=13	ParaguayParaguay	2	1994
=13	CambodiaCambodia	2	1994
=13	GhanaGhana	2	1994
=13	GuatemalaGuatemala	2	1994
=13	AngolaAngola	2	1994
=13	GabonGabon	2	1994
=13	BurmaBurma	2	1994
=35	MalaysiaMalaysia	1	1994
=35	ChinaChina	1	1994
=35	VietnamVietnam	1	1994
=35	GuineaGuinea	1	1994
=35	EcuadorEcuador	1	1994
=35	AustraliaAustralia	1	1994
=35	Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR.	1	1994
=35	PhilippinesPhilippines	1	1994
=35	ColombiaColombia	1	1994
=35	BrazilBrazil	1	1994
=35	VenezuelaVenezuela	1	1994
=35	EthiopiaEthiopia	1	1994
=35	CameroonCameroon	1	1994
=35	ArgentinaArgentina	1	1994
=35	BoliviaBolivia	1	1994
=35	TanzaniaTanzania	1	1994
=35	MadagascarMadagascar	1	1994
=35	IndiaIndia	1	1994
=35	IndonesiaIndonesia	1	1994

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