Maputaland coastal forest mosaic

Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
	Map of the Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	Kwazulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic; Southern Africa mangroves; Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic; Zambezian and mopane woodlands;
Geography
Area	29,961 km2 (11,568 sq mi)
Countries	Eswatini; Mozambique; South Africa;
Coordinates	26°24′S 32°24′E / 26.4°S 32.4°E
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	4,480 km2 (15%)

The Maputaland coastal forest mosaic is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa. It covers an area of 29,961 square kilometres (11,568 sq mi) in southern Mozambique, Eswatini, and the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Mozambique's capital Maputo lies within the ecoregion.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
^ "Maputaland coastal forest mosaic". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
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