Cape Verde Islands dry forests

Cape Verde Islands dry forests
Acacia woodland on Santiago Island, Cabo Verde
Map of the Cape Verde Islands
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biometropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Geography
Area3,645 km2 (1,407 sq mi)
CountryCabo Verde
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered
Protected108 km² (3%)[1]

The Cape Verde Islands dry forests is a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ecoregion in the Cape Verde Islands, which constitute the country of Cabo Verde. The islands lie off the western coast of Africa.

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

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