Dinaric Mountains & Balkan Mixed Forests (PA15) Dinaric Mountains & Balkan Mixed Forests (PA15) Dinaric Mountains & Balkan Mixed Forests (PA15)

Dinaric Mountains & Balkan Mixed Forests bioregion

The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The conservation target is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.

  • 31,488
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 3
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 41%
    Protection Target
  • 5
    Protection Level

The Dinaric Mountains & Balkan Mixed Forests bioregion is part of the European Mountain Forests subrealm located in the Western Eurasia realm (western Palearctic). It contains three ecoregions—Balkan Mixed Forests (646), Dinaric Mountains Mixed Forests (660), Rodope Montane Mixed Forests (678)—totaling approximately 31.5 million hectares of land area.

The Dinaric Mountains & Balkan Mixed Forests bioregion is part of the European Mountain Forests subrealm and is made up of three ecoregions: (1) Dinaric Mountains Mixed Forests (2) Balkan Mixed Forests (3) Rodope Montane Mixed Forests.

Learn more about each of the Dinaric Mountains & Balkan Mixed Forests ecoregions below.

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