More than 20% of Earth's plant species found only on islands and time is running out to save them
species diversity. It has long been speculated that islands support exceptionally high amounts of global biodiversity, but the true extent has not been known until now.
In world-first research published in Nature Today, my colleagues and I counted and mapped the diversity of plant life on Earth's islands. We found 21 per cent of the world's total plant species are endemic to islands, meaning they occur nowhere else on the planet.
These findings are important. Island plants are at higher risk of extinction than those on mainland. Detailed knowledge of plants species, and where they grow, is essential for monitoring and conserving them.
Mapping island floras worldwide
The study involved an international team of scientists. We developed an unprecedented database of vegetation information from more than 3,400 geographical regions worldwide, including about 2,000 islands.
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