Nansei Islands Subtropical Evergreen Forests (IM14)

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Nansei Islands Subtropical Evergreen Forests 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.

  • 408
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 1
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 97%
    Protection Target
  • 4
    Protection Level

The Nansei Islands Subtropical Evergreen Forests bioregion is located in the Southeast Asian Forests subrealm of Indomalaya and contains one ecoregion – Nansei Islands Subtropical Evergreen Forests [1] – located just south of Japan, totaling approximately 408 thousand hectares of land area and extensive marine areas surrounding this chain of forested islands. 

The Nansei Islands Subtropical Evergreen Forests bioregion is part of the Southeast Asian Forests subrealm and is made up of 1 ecoregion: Nansei Islands Subtropical Evergreen Forests [1].

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