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.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Haiti: |
3 |
|
| #2 |
Japan: |
3 |
|
| #3 |
Vanuatu: |
3 |
|
| #4 |
Mauritius: |
3 |
|
| #5 |
Fiji: |
3 |
|
| #6 |
Taiwan: |
3 |
|
| #7 |
Palau: |
3 |
|
| #8 |
Samoa: |
3 |
|
| #9 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
3 |
|
| #10 |
Jamaica: |
3 |
|
| #11 |
Seychelles: |
3 |
|
| #12 |
Comoros: |
3 |
|
| #13 |
Thailand: |
2 |
|
| #14 |
Angola: |
2 |
|
| #15 |
Ghana: |
2 |
|
| #16 |
Iran: |
2 |
|
| #17 |
Nigeria: |
2 |
|
| #18 |
Laos: |
2 |
|
| #19 |
Zambia: |
2 |
|
| #20 |
Kenya: |
2 |
|
| #21 |
Guatemala: |
2 |
|
| #22 |
Panama: |
2 |
|
| #23 |
Burma: |
2 |
|
| #24 |
Paraguay: |
2 |
|
| #25 |
Sudan: |
2 |
|
| #26 |
Cuba: |
2 |
|
| #27 |
Uganda: |
2 |
|
| #28 |
Cambodia: |
2 |
|
| #29 |
Botswana: |
2 |
|
| #30 |
Chile: |
2 |
|
| #31 |
Guyana: |
2 |
|
| #32 |
Turkey: |
2 |
|
| #33 |
Suriname: |
2 |
|
| #34 |
Gabon: |
2 |
|
| #35 |
Argentina: |
1 |
|
| #36 |
Madagascar: |
1 |
|
| #37 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
1 |
|
| #38 |
India: |
1 |
|
| #39 |
Malaysia: |
1 |
|
| #40 |
Ecuador: |
1 |
|
| #41 |
China: |
1 |
|
| #42 |
Indonesia: |
1 |
|
| #43 |
Venezuela: |
1 |
|
| #44 |
Colombia: |
1 |
|
| #45 |
Philippines: |
1 |
|
| #46 |
Ethiopia: |
1 |
|
| #47 |
Guinea: |
1 |
|
| #48 |
Brazil: |
1 |
|
| #49 |
Cameroon: |
1 |
|
| #50 |
Vietnam: |
1 |
|
| #51 |
Australia: |
1 |
|
| #52 |
Tanzania: |
1 |
|
| #53 |
Bolivia: |
1 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
1.9 |
|
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.