°Diversity of species and protection of the countryside
	Endangered species in percent of all known species 2007
	Disappeared or extinct	Endangered and vulnerable	Potentially endangered
Reptiles	0.0	78.9	0.0
Amphibians	5.0	65.0	5.0
Fish	14.8	38.9	18.5
Mammals	3.7	32.9	18.3
Molluscs (snails and mussels)	1.1	32.2	18.5
Breeding birds	3.1	36.4	12.3
Lichens	4.8	32.7	13.6
Insects	5.4	34.0	11.2
Ferns and flowering plants	1.6	29.9	13.6
Mosses	1.4	36.7	6.1
Mushrooms	0.0	18.9	2.9
	National nature reserves, as a percentage of total area
	Strongly protected areas	*Nature reserves
1960
1961	0.4	0.4
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977	0.4	4.6
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983	0.4	13.3
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991	0.4	13.6
1992	0.7	16.3
1993
1994	0.9	16.4
1995
1996	2.9	20.8
1997
1998	2.9	22.4
1999
2000	2.9	22.4
2001	3.3	22.7
2003	3.4	22.7
2004	3.4	22.7
2005	3.4	22.8
Nature reserves* (incl. Strongly protected areas)
	Nature reserves by country 2004 in % of total area
DE	31.5
UK	30.1
CH	28.7
US	25.1
FR	13.3
ES	9.5
SE	9.5