Table 1.
Overview of priorities for biodiversity
| Total share of global priority areas in selected 67 countries (%) | Percentage of priority areas protected within the 67 countries (%) | Percentage of priority areas protected globally (%) | Top five countries with the highest priority | Highest priority country’s share of global priority (%) | Protected priority-area for biome in highest priority country (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 22.32 | 17.03 | 15.14 |
1. DR Congo 2. Angola 3. Mozambique 4. Central African Rep 5. Papua New Guinea |
5.20 | 12.70 |
| Forest | 19.71 | 16.93 | 18.66 |
1. DR Congo 2. Angola 3. Central African Rep 4. Papua New Guinea 5. Cameroon |
6.47 | 14.81 |
| Grassland | 50.63 | 16.61 | 13.75 |
1. Angola 2. DR Congo 3.Central African Repa 4. Mozambique 5. Ethiopia |
9.51 | 4.71 |
| Desert | 5.34 | 19.63 | 10.25 |
1. Madagascar 2. Ethiopia 3. Angola 4. Mongolia 5. Pakistan |
1.91 | 21.91 |
| Mangrove | 20.26 | 30.15 | 34.46 |
1. Papua New Guinea 2. Solomon Islandsb 3. Madagascar 4. Mozambique 5. Myanmar |
7.41 | 4.41 |
| Freshwater | 21.57 | 28.13 | 22.92 |
1. DR Congo 2. Papua New Guineac 3. Angola 4. Zambia 5. Guyana |
7.01 | 4.08 |
aFor grassland Zambia would be in 3rd position but as 40.01% of the priority-area is protected it has not been listed here
bFor mangrove Bangladesh would be in the second position, but as 99% of the priority for mangroves are already protected this would not be useful
cFor freshwater the Republic of Congo would be second, but with 74.8% of the priority protected we have not listed it here
Areas with under 1% of global priority for that biome have been italicized