The U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity

The CBD Clearing-House Mechanism

The Bahamas CBD Country Reports

National Biodiversity Policies & Legislation

Bahamas Species

National Parks and Protected Areas

Biodiversity Data Management Partners

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network

The Bahamas Environment, Science & Technology Commission

Bahamas Ecosystems

Bahamas Terestrial and Marine Species

The accounting of the taxonomic and ecological status of biodiversity in The Bahamas is considered preliminary. Currently knowledge of Bahamian species diversity is fragmentary.

An estimate based upon the survey of scientists and literature reported in the Bahamas Country Study (1995) suggests that possibly only 5% of all species present in the country are reported to date. This would mean that a full 95% remains unreported or undescribed."

For information on various categories of species within The Bahamas click on the appropriate link below: