Greater Deccan-Sri Lankan Forests & Drylands bioregion
The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The conservation target 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.
The Greater Deccan-Sri Lankan Forests & Drylands bioregion is located within the Indian Subcontinent subrealm in Indomalaya and contains six ecoregions—Central Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests (290), East Deccan Dry-Evergreen Forests (293), South Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests (298), Sri Lanka Dry-Zone Dry Evergreen Forests (301), Deccan Thorn Scrub Forests (315), Godavari-Krishna Mangroves (316)—totaling approximately 74 million hectares of land area.
The Greater Deccan-Sri Lankan Forests & Drylands bioregion is part of the Indian Subcontinent subrealm and is made up of six ecoregions: Central Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests [1], Deccan Thorn Scrub Forests [2], South Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests [3], East Deccan Dry-Evergreen Forests [4], Sri Lanka Dry-Zone Dry Evergreen Forests [5], Godavari-Krishna Mangroves [6].
Learn more about each of the Greater Deccan-Sri Lankan Forests & Drylands ecoregions below.
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