Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Environment Stats
Definitions
- Biodiversity > Bird species, threatened: Bird species, threatened. Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
- Biodiversity > Fish species, threatened: Fish species, threatened. Fish species are based on Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
- Biodiversity > Mammal species, threatened: Mammal species, threatened. Mammal species are mammals excluding whales and porpoises. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
- Biodiversity > Plant species > Higher, threatened: Plant species (higher), threatened. Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.
SOURCES: United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. FishBase database, www.fishbase.org.; United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Citation
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Environment Profiles (Subcategories)
| Biodiversity 4 |
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranked last for biodiversity > mammal species, threatened amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2013.
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranked 4th last for biodiversity > fish species, threatened amongst Tourist destinations in 2013.
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranked 5th last for biodiversity > bird species, threatened amongst Densely populated countries in 2013.
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranked last for biodiversity > plant species > higher, threatened globally in 2013.
