Biodiversity hotspot
Natural WHS located within a biodiversity hotspot.
"To qualify as a biodiversity hotspot on Myers 2000 edition of the hotspot-map, a region must meet two strict criteria: it must contain at least 0.5% or 1,500 species of vascular plants as endemics, and it has to have lost at least 70% of its primary vegetation". See Biodiversity hotspot.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aldabra Atoll | Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands | |
| Alejandro de Humboldt National Park | Caribbean Islands | |
| Amami-Oshima Island | Japan | |
| Andrefana Dry Forests | Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands | |
| Archipiélago de Revillagigedo | Mesoamerica | |
| Atlantic Forest South-East | Atlantic Forest | |
| Blue and John Crow Mountains | Caribbean Islands | |
| Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | Eastern Afromontane | |
| Calakmul | Mesoamerica | |
| Cape Floral Region | Cape Floristic Region | |
| Central Highlands | Sri Lanka / Western Ghats | |
| Cerrado Protected Areas | Cerrado | |
| Chitwan National Park | Eastern Himalaya, Nepal | |
| Coiba National Park | Mesoamerica | |
| Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands | Caucasus | |
| Darien National Park | Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena | |
| Desembarco del Granma National Park | Caribbean Islands | |
| Discovery Coast | Atlantic Forest | |
| Donana National Park | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Dong Phayayen | Indo-Burma, India and Myanmar | |
| East Rennell | East Melanesian Islands | |
| Galapagos Islands | Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena | |
| Garajonay | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Great Himalayan National Park | Eastern Himalaya, Nepal | |
| Guanacaste | Mesoamerica | |
| Gulf of Porto | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Gunung Mulu | Sundaland | |
| Göreme NP and Cappadocia | Irano-Anatolian | |
| Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago | Indo-Burma, India and Myanmar | |
| Hawaii Volcanoes | Polynesia-Micronesia | |
| Henderson Island | Polynesia-Micronesia | |
| Huanglong | Mountains of Southwest China | |
| Huascaran National Park | Tropical Andes | |
| Ibiza | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Ichkeul National Park | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Isole Eolie | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Ivindo National Park | Guinean forest | |
| Jiuzhaigou Valley | Mountains of Southwest China | |
| Kaeng Krachan Forest | Indo-Burma, Bangladesh, India and Myanmar | |
| Kaziranga National Park | Eastern Himalaya, Nepal | |
| Khangchendzonga National Park | Eastern Himalaya, Nepal | |
| Kilimanjaro National Park | Eastern Afromontane | |
| Kinabalu Park | Sundaland | |
| Komodo National Park | Wallacea | |
| Lagoons of New Caledonia | New Caledonia | |
| Lake Malawi | Eastern Afromontane | |
| Laurisilva of Madeira | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Los Katios National Park | Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena | |
| Machu Picchu | Tropical Andes | |
| Macquarie Island | New Zealand | |
| Maloti-Drakensberg Park | Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany | |
| Malpelo | Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena | |
| Manas Wildlife Sanctuary | Eastern Himalaya, Nepal | |
| Marquesas Islands | Polynesia-Micronesia | |
| Meteora | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve | Mesoamerica | |
| Morne Trois Pitons | Caribbean Islands | |
| Mount Athos | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha | Mountains of Southwest China | |
| Mount Etna | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Mount Hamiguitan | Philippines | |
| Mount Kenya | Eastern Afromontane | |
| Mount Nimba | Guinean Forests of West Africa | |
| Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers | Eastern Himalaya, Nepal | |
| Ngorongoro | Eastern Afromontane | |
| Northern Martinique | Caribbean biodiversity hotspot | |
| Ogasawara Islands | Japan | |
| Papahanaumokuakea | Polynesia-Micronesia | |
| Paraty and Ilha Grande | Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot | |
| Phoenix Islands | Polynesia-Micronesia | |
| Phong Nha - Ke Bang | Indo-Burma, India and Myanmar | |
| Pitons Management Area | Caribbean Islands | |
| Pitons of Reunion | Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands | |
| Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River | Philippines | |
| Rainforests of the Atsinanana | Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands | |
| Redwood | California Floristic Province | |
| Rio Abiseo National Park | Tropical Andes | |
| Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve | Mesoamerica | |
| Rock Islands | Polynesia-Micronesia | |
| Rwenzori Mountains | Eastern Afromontane | |
| Sagarmatha National Park | Eastern Himalaya, Nepal | |
| Sangay National Park | Tropical Andes | |
| Shirakami-Sanchi | Japan | |
| Shiretoko | Japan | |
| Sian Ka'an | Mesoamerica | |
| Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries | Mountains of Southwest China | |
| Simien National Park | Horn of Africa | |
| Sinharaja Forest | Sri Lanka / Western Ghats | |
| Skocjan Caves | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Socotra Archipelago | Horn of Africa | |
| Sub-Antarctic Islands | New Zealand | |
| Tajik National Park | Mountains of Central Asia | |
| Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves | Mesoamerica | |
| Taï National Park | Guinean Forests of West Africa | |
| Te Wahipounamu | New Zealand | |
| Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley | the Valley is noted as a global biodiversity hotspot (AB ev) | |
| Teide National Park | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng | Indo-Burma, India and Myanmar | |
| Tikal National Park | Mesoamerica | |
| Trang An | Indo-Burma, India and Myanmar | |
| Tropical Rainforest Sumatra | Sundaland | |
| Tubbataha Reefs | Philippines | |
| Ujung Kulon National Park | Sundaland | |
| Vallée de Mai | Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands | |
| Western Caucasus | Caucasus | |
| Western Ghats | Sri Lanka / Western Ghats | |
| Western Tien-Shan | Mountains of Central Asia | |
| Xinjiang Tianshan | Mountains of Central Asia | |
| Yakushima | Japan | |
| iSimangaliso Wetland Park | Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Biodiversity hotspot?
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