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List of the Global 200

List of the Global 200 ecoregions

See also conservation status

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Afrotropic
1 Guinean Moist Forests
2 Congolian Coastal Forests
3 Cameroon Highlands Forests
4 Northeastern Congo Basin Moist Forests
5 Central Congo Basin Moist Forests
6 Western Congo Basin Moist Forests
7 Albertine Rift Montane Forests
8 East African Coastal Forests
9 Eastern Arc Montane Forests
10 Madagascar Forests and Shrublands
11 Seychelles and Mascarenes Moist Forests

Australasia
12 Sulawesi Moist Forests
13 Moluccas Moist Forests
14 Southern New Guinea Lowland Forests
15 New Guinea Montane Forests
16 Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck Moist Forests
17 Queensland Tropical Forests
18 New Caledonia Moist Forests
19 Lord Howe-Norfolk Islands Forests

Indomalaya
20 Southwestern Ghats Moist Forests
21 Sri Lanka Moist Forests
22 Northern Indochina Subtropical Moist Forests
23 Southeast China-Hainan Moist Forests
24 Taiwan Montane Forests
25 Annamite Range Moist Forests
26 Sumatran Islands Lowland and Montane Forests
27 Philippines Moist Forests
28 Palawan Moist Forests
29 Kayah-Karen/Tenasserim Moist Forests
30 Peninsular Malaysian Lowland and Montane Forests
31 Borneo Lowland and Montane Forests
32 Nansei Shoto Archipelago Forests
33 Eastern Deccan Plateau Moist Forests
34 Naga-Manupuri-Chin Hills Moist Forests
35 Cardamom Mountains Moist Forests
36 Western Java Montane Forests

Neotropic
37 Greater Antillean Moist Forests
38 Talamancan-Isthmian Pacific Forests
39 Choco-Darien Moist Forests
40 Northern Andean Montane Forests
41 Coastal Venezuela Montane Forests
42 Guianan Moist Forests
43 Napo Moist Forests
44 Rio Negro-Jurua Moist Forests
45 Guayana Highlands Moist Forests
46 Central Andean Yungas
47 Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests
48 Atlantic Forests

Oceania
49 South Pacific Islands Forests
50 Hawaii Moist Forests


Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Afrotropic
51 Madagascar Dry Forests

Australasia
52 Nusa Tenggara Dry Forests
53 New Caledonia Dry Forests

Indomalaya
54 Indochina Dry Forests
55 Chhota-Nagpur Dry Forests

Neotropic
56[[ Mexican Dry Forests 57 Tumbesian-Andean Valleys Dry Forests
58 Chiquitano Dry Forests
59 Atlantic Dry Forests

Oceania
60 Hawaii Dry Forests


Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Nearctic
61 Sierra Madre Oriental and Occidental Pine-Oak Forests

Neotropic
62 Greater Antillean Pine Forests
63 Mesoamerican Pine-Oak Forests


Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Australasia
64 Eastern Australia Temperate Forests
65 Tasmanian Temperate Rain Forests
66 New Zealand Temperate Forests

Indomalaya
67 Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf and Conifer Forests
68 Western Himalayan Temperate Forests

Nearctic
69 Appalachian and Mixed Mesophytic Forests

Palearctic
70 Southwest China Temperate Forests
71 Russian Far East Temperate Forests


Temperate Coniferous Forests

Nearctic
72 Pacific Temperate Rain Forests
73 Klamath-Siskiyou Coniferous Forests
74 Sierra Nevada Coniferous Forests
75 Southeastern Coniferous and Broadleaf Forests

Neotropic
76 Valdivian Temperate Rain Forests-Juan Fernandez Islands

Palearctic
77 European-Mediterranean Montane Mixed Forests
78 Caucasus-Anatolian-Hycanian Temperate Forests
79 Altai-Sayan Montane Forests
80 Hengduan Shan Coniferous Forests


    
Boreal Forests/Taiga

Nearctic
81 Muskwa-Slave Lake Boreal Forests
82 Canadian Taiga

Palearctic
83 Ural Mountains Taiga
84 East Siberian Taiga
; 85 Kamchatka Taiga and Grasslands

      
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Afrotropic
86 Horn of Africa Acacia Savannas
87 East African Acacia Savannas
88 Central and Eastern Miombo Woodlands
89 Sudanian Savannas

Australasia
90 Northern Australia and Trans-Fly Savannas

Indomalaya
91 Terai-Duar Savannas and Grasslands

Neotropic
92 Llanos Savannas
93 Cerrado Woodlands and Savannas


Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Nearctic
94 Northern Prairie

Neotropic
95 Patagonian Steppe

Palearctic
96 Daurian Steppe


Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Afrotropic
97 Sudd-Sahelain Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
98 Zambezian Flooded Savannas

Indomalaya
99 Rann of Kutch Flooded Grasslands

Neotropic
100 Everglades Flooded Grasslands
101 Pantanai Flooded Savannas


Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Afrotropic
102 Ethiopian Highlands
103 Southern Rift Montane Woodlands
104 East African Moorlands
105 Drakenberg Montane Shrublands and Woodlands

Australasia
106 Central Range Subalpine Grasslands

Indomalaya
107 Kinabalu Montane Shrublands

Neotropic
108 Northern Andean Paramo
109 Central Andean Dry Puna

Palearctic
110 Tibetan Plateau Steppe
111 Middle Asian Montane Steppe and Woodlands
112 Eastern Himalayn Alpine Meadows


Tundra

Nearctic
113 Alaskan North Slope Coastal Tundra
114 Canadian Low Arctic Tundra

Palearctic
115 Fenno-Scandia Alpine Tundra and Taiga
116 Taimyr and Russian Coastal Tundra
117 Chukote Coastal Tundra


Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Shrub

Afrotropic
118 Fynbos

Australasia
119 Southwestern Australia Forests and Scrub
120 Southern Australia Mallee and Woodlands

Nearctic
121 California Chapparal and Woodlands

Neotropic
122 Chilean Matorral

Palearctic
123 Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub


Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Afrotropic
124 Namib-Karoo-Kaokoveld Deserts
125 Madagascar Spiny Thicket
126 Socotra Island Desert
127 Arabian Highland Woodlands and Shrublands

Australasia
128 Carnavon Xeric Scrub
129 Great Sandy-Tanami Deserts

Nearctic
130 Sonoran-Baja Deserts
131 Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts

Neotropic
132 Galapagos Islands Scrub
133 Atacama-Sechura Deserts

Palearctic
134 Central Asian Deserts


Mangroves

Afrotropic
135 Gulf of Guinea Mangroves
136 East African Mangroves
137 Madagascar Mangroves

Australasia
138 New Guinea Mangroves

Indomalaya
139 Sundarbans Mangroves
140 Greater Sundas Mangroves

Neotropic
141 Guianan-Amazon Mangroves
142 Panama Bight Mangroves