Fiji tropical dry forests

Fiji tropical dry forests
Mount Batilamu in Koroyanitu National Heritage Park
Location of the Fiji tropical dry forests (OC0201) in the Fijian islands.
Ecology
RealmOceanian
Biometropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
BordersFiji tropical moist forests
Geography
Area6,757 km2 (2,609 sq mi)
CountryFiji
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered[1]
Protected204 km² (3%)[2]

The Fiji tropical dry forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion in Fiji. The dry forests occupy the leeward northwestern portion of Fiji's two largest islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu.

  1. ^ "Fiji tropical dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Supplemental material 2 table S1b.