The 36 most biologically rich yet threatened regions

Each hotspot has more than 1,500 unique plant species and has lost 70% of its native vegetation

Plants endemic to hotspot

1,500

15,000

Sundaland – Biologically one of the world’s richest areas and one of the most threatened

North American coastal plain – Homes to 1,816 endemic species of plant, and 114 mammals

Forests of East Australia

Includes rainforest that has existed for more than 100 million years

Cerrado – More than half of this savanna landscape has been converted to agriculture

Plants endemic

to hotspot

1,500

15,000

Caucasus

Mountains of

central Asia

Eastern Afromontane

Wallacea

Tropical

Andes

Cape floristic

region

North American coastal plain – Home to 1,816 endemic species of plant, 51 birds and 114 mammals

Cerrado – More than half of this savanna landscape has been converted to agriculture

Sundaland – Biologically one of the world’s richest areas and one of the most threatened

Forests of East Australia

Includes rainforest that has existed for more than 100 million years

Plants endemic

to hotspot

1,500

15,000

Mountains of

central Asia

Caucasus

1

Eastern Afromontane

Wallacea

3

2

Tropical

Andes

Cape floristic

region

4

4. Forests of East Australia

Includes significant areas of rainforest that have existed for more than 100 million years

1. North American coastal plain

Home to 1,816 species of plant, 51 birds and 114 mammals found nowhere else

2. Cerrado

More than half of this savanna landscape has been converted to agriculture

3. Sundaland

Biologically one of the world’s richest areas and one of the most threatened