The Global 200 : a representation Approach to Conserving the Earth’s Distinctive Ecoregions
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Table 1. Global 200 Ecoregions organized by terrestrial and freshwater, major habitat type, and biogeographic realm. The conservation status for each ecoregion is noted as follows: CE for critical or endangered, V for vulnerable, and RS for relatively stable or intact. Conservation status for marine areas has not been assessed. Terrestrial Realm Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests Afrotropical 1. Guinean Moist Forests CE 2. Congolian Coastal Forests CE 3. Cameroon Highlands Forests CE 4. Northeastern Congo Basin Moist Forests V 5. Central Congo Basin Moist Forests RS 6. Western Congo Basin Moist Forests V 7. Albertine Rift Montane Forests CE 8. East African Coastal Forests CE 9. Eastern Arc Montane Forests CE 10. Madagascar Forests and Shrublands CE 11. Seychelles and Mascarenes Moist Forests CE 12. Sulawesi Moist Forests CE 13. Moluccas Moist Forests V 14. Southern New Guinea Lowland Forests V 15. New Guinea Montane Forests RS 16. Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck Moist Forests V 17. Queensland Tropical Forests V 18. New Caledonia Moist Forests CE 19. Lord Howe-Norfolk Islands Forests CE Indo-Malayan 20. Southwestern Ghats Moist Forests CE 21. Sri Lankan Moist Forests CE 22. Northern Indochina Subtropical Moist Forests V 23. Southeast China-Hainan Moist Forests CE 24. Taiwan Montane Forests V 25. Annamite Range Moist Forests V 26. Sumatran Islands Lowland and Montane Forests CE 27. Philippines Moist Forests CE 28. Palawan Moist Forests CE 29. Kayah-Karen/Tenasserim Moist Forests V 30. Peninsular Malaysian Lowland and Montane Forests V 31. Borneo Lowland and Montane Forests CE 32. Nansei Shoto Archipelago Forests CE 33. Eastern Deccan Plateau Moist Forests CE 34. Naga-Manupuri-Chin Hills Moist Forests V 35. Cardamom Mountains Moist Forests RS 36. Western Java Montane Forests CE
37. Greater Antillean Moist Forests CE 38. Talamancan-Isthmian Pacific Forests RS 39. Chocó-Darién Moist Forests RS 40. Northern Andean Montane Forests CE 41. Coastal Venezuela Montane Forests V 42. Guianan Moist Forests RS 43. Napo Moist Forests V 44. Rio Negro-Juruá Moist Forests CE 45. Guayanan Highlands Moist Forests RS 46. Central Andean Yungas CE 47. Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests RS 48. Atlantic Forests CE
49. South Pacific Islands Forests CE 50. Hawaii Moist Forests CE
51. Madagascar Dry Forests CE Australasia 52. Nusa Tenggara Dry Forests CE 53. New Caledonia Dry Forests CE
54. Indochina Dry Forests CE 55. Chhota-Nagpur Dry Forests CE
56. Mexican Dry Forests CE 57. Tumbesian-Andean Valleys Dry Forests CE 58. Chiquitano Dry Forests CE 59. Atlantic Dry Forests CE
60. Hawai’i Dry Forests CE Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests Nearctic 61. Sierra Madre Oriental and Occidental Pine-Oak Forests CE ce Neotropical 62. Greater Antillean Pine Forests CE 63. Mesoamerican Pine-Oak Forests CE
64. Eastern Australia Temperate Forests CE 65. Tasmanian Temperate Rain Forests V 66. New Zealand Temperate Forests V Indo-Malayan 67. Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf and Conifer Forests V 68. Western Himalayan Temperate Forests CE
69. Appalachian and Mixed Mesophytic Forests V Palearctic 70. Southwest China Temperate Forests V 71. Russian Far East Temperate Forests V Temperate Coniferous Forests Nearctic 72. Pacific Temperate Rainforests CE 73. Klamath-Siskiyou Coniferous Forests CE 74. Sierra Nevada Coniferous Forests CE 75. Southeastern Coniferous and Broadleaf Forests CE
76. Valdivian Temperate Rainforests/Juan Fernández Islands CE Palearctic 77. European-Mediterranean Montane Mixed Forests CE 78. Caucasus-Anatolian-Hyrcanian Temperate Forests CE 79. Altai-Sayan Montane Forests V 80. Hengduan Shan Coniferous Forests RS Boreal Forests/Taiga Nearctic 81. Muskwa/Slave Lake Boreal Forests RS 82. Canadian Boreal Forests RS
83. Ural Mountains Taiga V 84. Eastern Siberian Taiga RS 85. Kamchatka Taiga and Grasslands RS Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands Afrotropical 86. Horn of Africa Acacia Savannas V 87. East African Acacia Savannas V 88. Central and Eastern Miombo Woodlands V 89. Sudanian Savannas CE
90. Northern Australia and Trans-Fly Savannas RS Indo-Malayan 91. Terai-Duar Savannas and Grasslands CE Neotropical 92. Llanos Savannas V 93. Cerrado Woodlands and Savannas V
94. Northern Prairie CE Neotropical 95. Patagonian Steppe CE Palearctic 96. Daurian Steppe V Flooded Grasslands and Savannas Afrotropical 97. Sudd-Sahelian Flooded Grasslands and Savannas CE 98. Zambezian Flooded Savannas V
99. Rann of Kutch Flooded Grasslands CE Neotropical 100. Everglades Flooded Grassland V 101. Pantanal Flooded Savannas CE
102. Ethiopian Highlands CE 103. Southern Rift Montane Woodlands CE 104. East African Moorlands RS 105. Drakensberg Montane Shrublands and Woodlands CE Australasia 106. Central Range Subalpine Grasslands RS Indo-Malayan 107. Kinabalu Montane Shrublands RS Neotropical 108. Northern Andean Paramo RS 109. Central Andean Dry Puna V
110. Tibetan Plateau Steppe V 111. Middle Asian Montane Steppe and Woodlands V 112. Eastern Himalayan Alpine Meadows RS Tundra Nearctic 113. Alaskan North Slope Coastal Tundra RS 114. Canadian Low Arctic Tundra RS
115. Fenno-Scandia Alpine Tundra and Taiga V 116. Taimyr and Siberian Coastal Tundra RS 117. Chukote Coastal Tundra RS Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub Afrotropical 118. Fynbos CE Australasia 119. Southwestern Australia Forests and Scrub CE 120. Southern Australia Mallee and Woodlands CE
121. California Chaparral and Woodlands CE Neotropical 122. Chilean Matorral CE Palearctic 123. Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub CE Deserts and Xeric Shrublands Afrotropical 124. Namib-Karoo-Kaokoveld Deserts V 125. Madagascar Spiny Thicket CE 126. Socotra Island Desert CE 127. Arabian Highland Woodlands and Shrublands V
128. Carnavon Xeric Scrub CE 129. Great Sandy-Tanami Deserts RS
130. Sonoran-Baja Deserts RS 131. Chihuahuan-Tehuacán Deserts V
132. Galápagos Islands Scrub V 133. Atacama-Sechura Deserts V
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