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