Mascarene forests

Target entity: Mascarene forests
Context triple: [Mascarene Islands, ecoregion, Mascarene forests]

• A. Guinean mangroves
  Guinean mangroves are coastal wetland ecosystems along the West African shoreline, dominated by salt-tolerant mangrove trees that provide critical habitat, coastal protection, and nursery grounds for marine life.
• B. Norfolk Island pine forests
  Norfolk Island pine forests are distinctive coastal evergreen woodlands dominated by tall Araucaria heterophylla trees, forming a characteristic and ecologically important landscape on Norfolk Island.
• C. Napo moist forests
  Napo moist forests are a biodiverse tropical rainforest ecoregion in the western Amazon Basin, spanning parts of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia and renowned for their exceptionally high species richness and endemism.
• D. Solomon Islands rain forests
  The Solomon Islands rain forests are a biodiverse tropical moist forest ecoregion in the southwestern Pacific, characterized by dense evergreen canopy, high rainfall, and many endemic plant and animal species.
• E. New Guinea mangroves
  New Guinea mangroves are a vast coastal forest ecoregion of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that provide critical habitat and coastal protection around the shores of New Guinea.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Mascarene forests
Target entity description: Mascarene forests are a unique tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean, known for their high levels of endemism and severely threatened biodiversity.

• A. Guinean mangroves
  Guinean mangroves are coastal wetland ecosystems along the West African shoreline, dominated by salt-tolerant mangrove trees that provide critical habitat, coastal protection, and nursery grounds for marine life.
• B. Norfolk Island pine forests
  Norfolk Island pine forests are distinctive coastal evergreen woodlands dominated by tall Araucaria heterophylla trees, forming a characteristic and ecologically important landscape on Norfolk Island.
• C. Napo moist forests
  Napo moist forests are a biodiverse tropical rainforest ecoregion in the western Amazon Basin, spanning parts of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia and renowned for their exceptionally high species richness and endemism.
• D. Solomon Islands rain forests
  The Solomon Islands rain forests are a biodiverse tropical moist forest ecoregion in the southwestern Pacific, characterized by dense evergreen canopy, high rainfall, and many endemic plant and animal species.
• E. New Guinea mangroves
  New Guinea mangroves are a vast coastal forest ecoregion of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that provide critical habitat and coastal protection around the shores of New Guinea.
• F. None of above. chosen