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Total number of amphibian, bird, mammal, reptile, and vascular plant species, by country
Brazil
59,851
Colombia
54,649
China
34,687
Indonesia
32,680
Mexico
28,836
South Africa
25,052
Venezuela
23,429
Ecuador
22,065
United States
21,474
India
21,020
Peru
20,081
Bolivia
19,561
Australia
17,974
Malaysia
17,171
Costa Rica
13,630
Thailand
13,340
Papua New Guinea
13,115
Congo, Dem Rep
13,107
Russian Federation
12,468
Viet Nam
12,034
Tanzania
11,906
Panama
11,484
Argentina
11,285
Madagascar
10,541
Philippines
10,127
Guatemala
9,927
Cameroon
9,921
Laos
9,411
Turkey
9,387
Paraguay
8,935
Iran
8,899
Myanmar
8,709
Nicaragua
8,642
Kenya
8,353
Nepal
8,213
Ethiopia
8,011
Guyana
7,672
Gabon
7,620
Cuba
7,159
Congo
6,970
Honduras
6,894
Mozambique
6,859
Angola
6,731
Kazakhstan
6,708
French Guiana
6,689
Brunei Darussalam
6,644
Uganda
6,492
Japan
6,484
Italy
6,309
Bhutan
6,216
Nigeria
6,132
Suriname
6,122
Dominican Rep
6,072
Chile
6,059
Zambia
5,981
Pakistan
5,977
Bangladesh
5,871
Spain
5,796
Haiti
5,716
Portugal
5,714
Source: World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC), 2004. Species Data (unpublished, September 2004).
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Recent news
Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record (8/10/2007) Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon for the previous year were the lowest on record, according to preliminary figures released by INPE, Brazil's National Institute of Space Research.
Lowland rainforest less diverse than previously thought (8/9/2007) While rainforests are the world's libraries of biodiversity, species richness may be more evenly distributed in some forests than in others, reports an extensive new study by an international team of entomologists and botanists. The work, published in the current issue of the journal Nature, has important implications for forest management and conservation strategies.
Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru (8/9/2007) High-resolution satellite monitoring of the Amazon rainforest in Peru shows that land-use and conservation policies have had a measurable impact on deforestation rates. The research is published in the August 9, 2007, on-line edition of Science Express.
