Priority Places List

The World Wildlife Fund has identified these 19 places as those with the most diversity of life, and thus requiring the most focus for conservation. A larger list, the WWF Global 200, identifies 200 sites that must be saved over the next fifty years.

  • Amazon – World’s largest tropical rain forest and river basin
  • Amur-Heilong – Refuge for the world’s great cats
  • The Arctic – Protecting Arctic Environments
  • Borneo and Sumatra – Priceless forests harbor untold species
  • Chihuahuan Desert – Protecting the balance of a desert
  • Coastal East Africa – Improving livelihoods by conserving nature
  • Congo Basin – Protecting Africa’s tropical forests
  • Coral Triangle – Home to the world’s most abundant variety of corals and sea life
  • Eastern Himalayas – Empowering communities to protect sacred lands
  • The Galpagos – The world’s most treasured islands
  • Gulf of California – Protecting the world’s aquarium
  • Madagascar – Safeguarding one of Earth’s most captivating islands
  • Mekong – Protecting the river of life from source to sea
  • Mesoamerican Reef – The Atlantic Ocean’s largest coral reef
  • Namibia – Empowering communities to manage their natural resources
  • Northern Great Plains – Restoring the great American prairie
  • U.S. Southeast Rivers and Streams – Safeguarding America’s richest source of freshwater
  • Southern Chile – A land of ancient forests and abundant oceans
  • Yangtze – Sustaining a valley of life

From Wikipedia”Global 200″ and worldwildlife.org