Country

Djibouti: 2 ecoregions. Each with its climate now and toward 2050, and its conservation tier.

Two Afrotropic desert ecoregions account for all of Djibouti. The Djibouti xeric shrublands cover nearly the whole country, arid shrubland shaped by heat and scant rain, while the small Eritrean coastal desert reaches the northern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura. Both sit in the Nature Could Recover tier. This is one of the hotter, drier corners of the Horn of Africa, and its vegetation is correspondingly sparse: scattered drought-built shrubs and grasses rather than woodland. Cultivating anything here means irrigation and shade as prerequisites, with the plant palette drawn from the toughest end of the xeric spectrum, deep-rooted trees, succulents, and salt-tolerant species near the coast, where marine humidity is the one moderating influence.