Animal Info - Belgium


Contents

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References and Links


Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Belgium and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals

  • Endangered:
  • Vulnerable:
    • Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteini). 
    • Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra). 
    • Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus).
    • Geoffroy's Bat (Myotis emarginatus).
    • Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
    • Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros).
    • Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme).
    • Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon).
    • Western Barbastelle (Bat) (Barbastella barbastellus).
    • White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas). 

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 58 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 0 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 6 (10 % of total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000: 11 (19 % of total species) (IUCN 2000

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

Belgium contains portions of the Wadden Sea Global 200 Ecoregion (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)

Population

Population in 1995: 10,151,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 332.6 people/sq km (861.5 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 10,174,922 (World Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 0.1 % (World Bank 1992)

Area/Land Use

Area: 30,518 sq km (11,783 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:

  • Crop and Settlements: 40 %
  • Interrupted Woods: 60 %

(Groombridge 1992)

Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 0 %; Medium: 15 %; High: 85 % (WRI 1994)

Protected Lands

Area: 720 sq km (278 sq mi) (Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land protected: 0 % totally protected; 2.35 % partially protected; 2.35 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge 1992)

Economy

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $19,043 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $20,300 (World Almanac 1999)

Education

Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 100 % (World Bank 1992)


References and Links

References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Belgium): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Belgium: World Wildlife Fund - Belgium


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