 However, increases in human activities and changes in weather patterns which include increased deficits in rainfall, are impacting and degrading the natural habitats.This is particularly noticeable with regard to forests, which in the five years to 2010, were being lost at the rate of per year.About 5,213 species, subspecies and varieties of vascular plants had been recorded in Senegal by the end of 2018, of which 515 were trees or woody plants.