Azores Forest Islands (PA21)

Azores Forest Islands bioregion

The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The protection goal is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.

  • 262
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 1
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 24%
    Protection Target
  • 10
    Protection Level

The Azores Forest Islands bioregion is part of the Mediterranean subrealm located in the Western Eurasia realm (western Palearctic). it contains one single ecoregion—Azores Temperate Mixed Forests (645)—totaling approximately 262 thousand hectares of land area.

The Azores Forest Islands bioregion is part of the Mediterranean subrealm and is made up of one ecoregion: (1) Azores Temperate Mixed Forests.

Learn more about the Azores Forest Islands ecoregion below.

Azores noctule

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Azores noctule
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