Natural landscape, Forest
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest is a region of tropical and subtropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical savannas, and mangrove forests which extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil.
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Central Sikhote-Alin
The Sikhote-Alin is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about 900 km to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok.
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Central Suriname Nature Reserve
The Central Suriname Nature Reserve is a tropical forest in west-central Suriname. It is remarkable because of its size, pristine state and protection.
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Discovery Coast
The Atlantic Forest (Discovery Coast) is a region of tropical and subtropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical savannas, and mangrove forests which extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south, and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina.
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Dja Faunal Reserve
Dja Faunal Reserve has been designated because of the diversity of species present in the park, the presence of five threatened species, and lack of disturbance within the park.
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Dong Phayayen
In the mountains of northeast Thailand, the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex is home to more than 800 species of fauna, including 392 species of birds.
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Garajonay
Garajonay National Park is located in the center and north of the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands.
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Gondwana Rainforests
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (formerly called Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves) were designated a world heritage site because of their geological features.
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Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an area of scenic forests that holds a world record number of 130 tree species.
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Guanacaste
The Area de Conservación Guanacaste is a habitat for threatened or rare fauna species like the Saltwater Crocodile, False Vampire Bat, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, Leatherback Sea Turtle, Jaguar, Jabiru Stork, Mangrove Vireo and Mangrove
Hummingbird.
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Jiuzhaigou Valley
Jiuzhaigou Valley is a mountainous area with series of lakes and waterfalls containing clear, mineral-rich water.
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Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is one of the last refuges of the rare Mountain Gorilla. Prior to conflicts which have plagued this part of Africa since the 1990's, only an estimated 600 gorillas remained throughout the range.
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Laurisilva of Madeira
The Laurisilva on the Portuguese island of Madeira (off the African coast) has been placed on the list mainly because of its biological diversity.
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Manu National Park
Manú National Park protects all of the ecological zones that exist in the Amazon Basin, covering an altitudinal gradient between 150 and 4200 meters above sea level.
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Morne Trois Pitons
Morne Trois Pitons National Park is a significant area of volcanic activity. Main point is the 1,342m high volcano Morne Trois Pitons ("mountain of three peaks").
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Mount Nimba
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve includes significant portions of Mount Nimba, a geographically unique area with more than 200 endemic species.
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Mount Wuyi
Mount Wuyi, located at Fuijan province, is the most outstanding biodiversity conservation zone of Southeast China.
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Primeval Beech Forests
The Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians are the largest remaining 'virgin' forests of the European beech (Fagus sylvatica).
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Rainforests of the Atsinanana
The Rainforests of the Atsinananaare are recognized for its very high biodiversity and high level of endemism in both plants and animals.
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Redwood
Redwood National and State Parks protect 45% of all remaining Coastal Redwood old-growth forests, the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth.
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Rio Abiseo National Park
The Rio Abiseo National Park is home to a large number of species of flora and fauna, as well as the location of over 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites.
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Salonga National Park
Salonga is a very isolated park in the tropical rainforest at the Congo river basin. It is Africa's biggest tropical rainforest reserve (the 2nd biggest in the world) and home to many endangered fauna species, notably the bonobo.
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Shirakami-Sanchi
Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami Mountains) is situated in the north of Honshu with an area of 1,300 square kilometers.
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Sinharaja Forest
The Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a hilly virgin rainforest. It is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
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Taï National Park
Taï National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire containing one of the last areas of primary tropical forest in West Africa.
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Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/ La Amistad National Park is a mountain range that contains the highest peaks in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Tasmanian Wilderness
The Tasmanian Wilderness area constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world, including the renowned South West Wilderness.
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Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng
The Thungyai and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries hold a high diversity in plant and animal species.
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Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra comprises three Indonesian national parks on the island of Sumatra.
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Tsingy de Bemaraha
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve was inscribed as World Heritage Site because of the unique geography, preserved mangrove forests, and wild bird and lemur populations of the area.
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Ujung Kulon National Park
Ujung Kulon National Park is located at the western-most tip of Java and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 for containing the largest remaining lowland rainforest in Java.
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Virgin Komi Forests
The Virgin Komi Forests at 32,800 km² are the largest virgin forest in Europe. They belong to the Ural Mountains taiga ecoregion.
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Wet Tropics of Queensland
The Wet Tropics of Queensland is an area mainly consisting of wet tropical rainforest with a great variety in animal and plant species.
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Yakushima
Yakushima is one of the islands of Japan, to the south of Kyûshû. It is covered in dense forest comprised especially of cedar trees known as Sugi in Japan.
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Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park is located in the seismically most active area of the Rocky Mountains.
This leads to the existence of 200 species of petrified plants and features like geysers (with 200-250 in number, more than all of the rest of the world combined), hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles.
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