Balearic Sea & West Mediterranean Mixed Forests 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.

  • 55,529
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 6
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 30%
    Protection Target
  • 10
    Protection Level

The Balearic Sea & West Mediterranean Mixed Forests bioregion is part of the Mediterranean subrealm and located in the Western Eurasia realm (western Palearctic). It contains six ecoregions—Iberian Conifer Forests (792), Iberian Sclerophyllous and Semi-Deciduous Forests (793), Northeastern Spain and Southern, France Mediterranean Forests (799), Northwest Iberian Montane Forests (800), Southeastern Iberian Shrubs and Woodlands (803), Southwest Iberian Mediterranean Sclerophyllous and Mixed Forests (805)—totaling approximately 55.5 million hectares of land area.

The Balearic Sea & West Mediterranean Mixed Forests bioregion is part of the Mediterranean subrealm and is made up of six ecoregions: (1) Southwest Iberian Mediterranean Sclerophyllous and Mixed Forests (2) Northwest Iberian Montane Forests (3) Iberian Sclerophyllous and Semi-Deciduous Forest (4) Iberian Conifer Forests (5) Southeastern Iberian Shrubs and Woodlands.

Learn more about each of the Balearic Sea & West Mediterranean Mixed Forests ecoregions below.

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