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The biodiversity of New Caledonia is of exceptional biological and paleoecological interest. It is frequently referred to as a biodiversity hotspot . [ 1 ] The country is a large South Pacific archipelago with a total land area of more than 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).
The lagoon and the surrounding New Caledonia Barrier Reef was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008 for its exceptional beauty and marine biodiversity. [ 80 ] [ 84 ] In May 2023, there was an earthquake and tsunami in New Caledonia.
The New Caledonia rain forests are a terrestrial ecoregion, located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion, part of the Australasian realm . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
There is a very high rate of biodiversity of New Caledonia. In particular, the park is known for being one of the last areas where the kagu , an endangered bird which has become a symbol of the country, can be seen in its natural habitat, with a population of about 700; this is the largest single population of the species in the wild.
Araucaria humboldtensis growing in altitude shrubland, on the slopes of Mont Humboldt, New Caledonia. New Caledonia, considered as the smallest of the most significant biodiversity hotspots in the world, [3] hosts a unique flora of which 75.1% is endemic. [4] Species of Araucaria trees can be found in every habitat that New Caledonia possesses. [2]
Biodiversity of New Caledonia; R. Rheebu Nuu This page was last edited on 9 November 2021, at 07:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Fauna of New Caledonia (6 C, 12 P) Flora of New Caledonia (3 C, 128 P) Fungi of New Caledonia (1 C, 7 P)
Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie is an ongoing multi-volume flora describing the vascular plants of New Caledonia (including the Loyalty Islands, Isles of Pines and Belep islands) in the South-West Pacific. published by the National Museum of Natural History in Paris since 1967. Each species treatment typically includes taxonomic information ...