South Mediterranean Mixed Woodlands & Forests (PA23) South Mediterranean Mixed Woodlands & Forests (PA23) South Mediterranean Mixed Woodlands & Forests (PA23)

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South Mediterranean Mixed Woodlands & 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.

  • 78,175
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 5
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 24%
    Protection Target
  • 6
    Protection Level

The South Mediterranean Mixed Woodlands & Forests bioregion is located in the Southern Eurasia realm (southern Palearctic) and contains five ecoregions – Mediterranean Conifer and Mixed Forests (701), Mediterranean High Atlas Juniper Steppe (758), Mediterranean Acacia-Argania Dry Woodlands and Succulent Thickets (796), Mediterranean Dry Woodlands and Steppe (797), Mediterranean Woodlands and Forests (798) – totaling approximately 78 million hectares of land area.

The South Mediterranean Mixed Woodlands & Forests bioregion is part of the North Africa subrealm and is made up of five ecoregions: (1) Mediterranean Acacia-Argania Dry Woodlands and Succulent Thickets (2) Mediterranean High Atlas Juniper Steppe (3) Mediterranean Woodlands and Forests (4) Mediterranean Dry Woodlands and Steppe (5) Mediterranean Conifer and Mixed Forests. 

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