A group of scientists has identified a new ecoregion in the southeastern part of Africa, spanning across Malawi and Mozambique. This region, known as the South East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA), consists of a chain of isolated mountains that rise above the surrounding landscape, forming an 'inland archipelago' or 'sky islands' with distinct ecosystems.
The SEAMA ecoregion is home to a plethora of plant and animal species that are found nowhere else on Earth. Over the past two decades, around 100 specialists from various disciplines conducted extensive biological surveys across the region, documenting hundreds of previously unknown species.
