List of ecoregions
This is a list of ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). That group divides the Earth's land surface into 8 major ecozones containing 867 smaller ecoregions. Many consider this classification to be quite decisive, and some propose these as stable borders for bioregional democracy initiatives.
TERRESTRIAL
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Afrotropical
Guinean moist forests (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo)
Congolian coastal forests (Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Republic of Congo)
Cameroon highlands forests (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria)
Northeastern Congo basin moist forests (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Central Congo basin moist forests (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Western Congo basin moist forests (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo)
Albertine rift montane forests (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)
East African coastal forests (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania)
Eastern arc montane forests (Kenya, Tanzania)
Madagascar forests and shrublands (Madagascar)
Seychelles and Mascarenes moist forests (Mauritius, Reunion (France), Seychelles)
Australasia
Sulawesi moist forests (Indonesia)
Moluccas moist forests (Indonesia)
Southern New Guinea lowland forests (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
New Guinea montane forests (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck moist forests (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu)
Queensland tropical forests (Australia)
New Caledonia moist forests (New Caledonia)
Lord Howe-Norfolk Islands forests (Australia)
Indo-Malayan
Southwestern Ghats moist forests (India)
Sri Lankan moist forests (Sri Lanka(
Northern Indochina subtropical moist forests (China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam)
Southeast China-Hainan moist forests (China, Vietnam)
Taiwan montane forests (China)
Annamite Range moist forests (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
Sumatran Islands lowland and montane forests (Indonesia)
Philippines moist forests (Philippines)
Palawan moist forests (Philippines)
Kayah-Karen / Tenasserim moist forests (Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)
Peninsular Malaysian lowland and mountain forests (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand)
Borneo Lowland and montane forests (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia)
Nansei Shoto Archipelago forests (Japan)
Eastern Deccan Plateau moist forests (India)
Naga-Manupuri-Chin Hills moist forests (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar)
Cardamom Mountains moist forests (Cambodia, Thailand)
Western Java mountain forests (Indonesia)
Neotropical
Greater Antillean moist forests (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico)
Talamancan and Isthmian Pacific forests (Costa Rica, Panama)
Chocó-Darién moist forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama)
Northern Andean montane forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru)
Coastal Venezuela montane forests (Venezuela)
Guianan moist forests (Brazil, French Guiana (France), Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
Napo moist forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
Río Negro-Juruá moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela)
Guayanan Highlands forests (Brazil, Colombia, Guayana, Suriname, Venezuela)
Central Andean Yungas (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru)
Southwestern Amazonian moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
Atlantic forests (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
Oceania
South Pacific Islands forests (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Islands)
Hawai'i moist forests (Hawaii)
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Afrotropical
Madagascar dry forests (Madagascar)
Australasia
Nusu Tenggara dry forests (Indonesia)
New Caledonia dry forests (New Caledonia)
Indo-Malayan
Indochina dry forests (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam)
Chhota-Nagpur dry forests (India)
Neotropical
Mexican dry forest (Guatemala, Mexico)
Tumbesian-Andean Valleys dry forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
Chiquitano dry forest (Bolivia, Brazil)
Atlantic dry forests (Brazil)
Oceania
Hawaii dry forests (Hawaii)
Tropical and Suptropical Coniferous Forests
Neartic
Sierra Madre Oriental and Occidental Pine-Oak Forests (Mexico, United States)
Neotropical
Greater Antillean Pine Forests (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti)
Mesoamerican Pine-Oak Forests (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Australasia
Eastern Australia Temperate Forests (Australia)
Tasmanian Temperate Rain Forests (Australia)
New Zealand Temperate Forests (New Zealand)
Indo-Malayan
Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf and Conifer Forests (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)
Western Himalayan Temperate Forests (Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)
Neartic
Appalachian and Mixed Mesophytic Forests (United States)
Palearctic
Southwest China Temperate Forests (China)
Russian Far East Temperate Forests (Russia)
Temperate Coniferous Forests
Nearctic
Pacific Temperate Rainforests (Canada, United States)
Klamath-Siskiyou Coniferous Forests (United States)
Sierra Nevada Coniferous Forests (United States)
Southeastern Coniferous and Broadleaf Forests (United States)
Neotropical
Palearctic
European-Mediterranean Montane Mixed Forests (Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia)
Caucasus-Anatolian-Hyrcanian Temperate Forests (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan)
Altai-Sayan Montane Forests (China, Kazakstan, Mongolia, Russia)
Hengduan Shan Coniferous Forests (China)
Boreal Forests / Taiga
Nearctic
Muskwa / Slave Lake Boreal Forests (Canada)
Canadian Boreal Forests (Canada_
Palearctic
Ural Mountains Taiga (Russia)
Eastern Siberian Taiga (Russia)
Kamchatka Taiga and Grasslands (Russia)
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas and Shrublands
Afrotropical
Horn of Africa Acacia Savannas (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan)
East African Acacia Savannas (Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda)
Central and Eastern Miombo Woodlands (Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Sudanian Savannas (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda)
Australasia
Northern Australia and Trans-Fly Savannas (Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
Indo-Malayan
Terai-Duar Savannas and Grasslands (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal)
Neotropical
Llanos Savannas (Colombia, Venezuela)
Cerrado Woodlands and Savannas (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas and Shrublands
Nearctic
Northern Prairie (Canada, United States)
Neotropical
Patagonian Steppe (Argentina, Chile)
Palearctic
Daurian Steppe (China, Mongolia, Russia)
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Afrotropical
Sudd-Sahelian Flooded Grasslands and Savannas (Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda)
Zambezian Flooded Savannas (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia)
Indo-Malayan
Rann of Kutch Flooded Grasslands (India, Pakistan)
Neotropical
Everglades Flooded Grasslands (United States)
Pantanal Flooded Savannas (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Afrotropical
Australasia
Indo-Malayan
Neotropical
Palearctic
Tundra
Nearctic
Palearctic
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands and Scrub
Afrotropical
Australasia
Nearctic
Neotropical
Palearctic
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Afrotropical
Australasia
Nearctic
Neotropical
Palearctic
Mangroves
Afrotropical
Australasia
Neotropical
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