| Hotspot/Region |
Country |
Protected Area |
Hectares Protected |
| Atlantic Forest |
Brazil |
63 Private Natural Heritage Reserves created by landowners and incorporated into National Protected Areas system |
1,835 |
| Parque Estadual Alto Cariri |
6,100 |
| Parque Estadual Cunhambebe |
38,000 |
| Refúgio de Vida Silvestre de Una |
23,404 |
| Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Mata dos Muriquis |
2,700 |
| Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Rio dos Frades |
894 |
| Reserva Biológica de Una* (expanded from 11,400 to 18,500 hectares) |
7,100 |
| Reserva Extrativista de Canavieiras |
100,000 |
| Reserva Extrativista Cassurubá |
100,687 |
| Cape Floristic Region |
South Africa |
Baviaans Conservancy |
52,821 |
| Baviaanskloof Mega-Reserve* (expanded from 213,937 to 237,764 hectares) |
23,827 |
| Blaauwberg Conservation Area |
1,000 |
| Cape winelands set aside for conservation by private landowners |
103,000 |
| Die Oog |
1.3 |
| Garden Route protected areas* (expanded from 146,328 to 222,689 hectares) |
76,361 |
| St. Francis Conservancy |
5,600 |
| Tokai Forest* (expanded from 1 to 3.5 hectares) |
2.5 |
| Caucasus |
Armenia |
Arevik National Park |
34,402 |
| Shikahogh Nature Reserve* (expanded from 10,000 to 12,000) |
2,000 |
| Zangezur Sanctuary |
17,369 |
| Russia |
Erzi Reserve* (expanded from 5,970 to 35,292 hectares) |
29,322 |
| Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya |
Tanzania |
Kilombero Nature Reserve (combines three former forest reserves in the Udzungwa Mountains: Matundu, Lyondo, and West Kilombero Scarp) |
134,511 |
| Uluguru Nature Reserve |
24,115 |
| Guinean Forest of West Africa (Upper Guinean Forest) |
Ghana |
Upgraded to Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas |
100,000 |
| Liberia |
Nimba Nature Reserve declared out of the former Nimba East National Forest |
13,568 |
| Sapo National Park* (expanded from 107,300 to 180,000 hectares) |
72,700 |
| Indo-Burma (Indochina) |
Cambodia |
Lowland grasslands in Siem Reap and Kampong Thong provinces |
31,159 |
| Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar) |
Madagascar |
Anjozorobe |
50,000 |
| Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor |
475,000 |
| Daraina Multiple Use Forest Station |
70,837 |
| Loky-Manambato Forest Station |
72,000 |
| Mahavavy-Kinkony Wetlands Complex |
268,236 |
| Makira Forest |
350,000 |
| Menabe Central Forest |
125,000 |
| Sahamalaza as part of the ANGAP Protected Area Network |
129,043 |
| Mesoamerica |
Costa Rica |
Maquenque National Wildlife Reserve |
54,000 |
| Guatemala |
Todos Santos Cuchumatan Municipal Reserve |
7,168 |
| Mexico |
Cerro El Mirador Certification |
237
|
| Chiapas Community Certifications |
2,141
|
| Cordon El Reten |
15,328
|
| Reserva Las Guacamayas |
1,454
|
| Selva Lacandona certification of communal Lands |
1,853
|
| Selva Zoque Certification of Communal Lands |
2,425
|
| Nicaragua |
Rama Kriol Indigenous Territory |
407,000 |
| Panama |
Damani Wetland |
24,089 |
| Mountains of Southwest China |
China |
Danba Yongzongling Nature Reserve |
31,300 |
| Jinyang Baicaopo Nature Reserve |
44,128 |
| Muli Badenglamu Nature Reserve and Qialangduoji Nature Reserve |
60,000 |
| Sichuan Yajiang Pamuling, Yunan Deqing Bamei, Yunan Weixi Gehuaqing, and Yunan Weixi Xiangguqing community conservation areas |
25,100 |
| Yuexi Shenguozhuang Nature Reserve |
33,700 |
| Philippines |
Philippines |
Mati Philippine Eagle Sanctuary |
7,000 |
| Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape |
120,000 |
| Municipal Reserve in the Municipality of Rizal, Palawan |
206,875 |
| Municipality of Puerto Princesa, Palawan |
60 |
| Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape* (expanded from 4,136 hectares to 118,108 hectares) |
113,972 |
| Quirino Protected Landscape |
206,875 |
| Wildlife Sanctuary in San Mariano, Isabela |
32 |
| Succulent Karoo |
Namibia |
Sperrgebiet National Park |
2,600,000 |
| South Africa |
Biodiversity and Wine Initiative farmers |
29,517 |
| Black Mountain Mine Conservation Area |
24,000 |
| Bokkeveld private contract reserves |
11,346 |
| Die Poort Private Nature Reserve |
1,152 |
| Fryers Cove Protected Area |
2 |
| Jakkalsdans and Appelfontein contract reserves |
10,845 |
| Klaarstroom Conservancy |
60,000 |
| Knersvlakte Protected Nature Reserve and Protected Area |
62,000 |
| Mons Ruber Estate |
400 |
| Namaqua National Park |
30,000 |
| Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve* (expanded from 4,776 to 5,305 hectares) |
529 |
| Port Nolloth Municipal Conservancy |
2 |
| Ratelgat Farm |
8,000 |
| Roodebergskloof Communal Conservancy |
1,220 |
| South African Large Telescope (SALT) protected area |
880 |
| Tankwa National Park* (expanded from 59,833 hectares to 110,000 hectares) |
50,167 |
| Van Dyls Damme |
8,000 |
| Wolwekop, Wolwekop annex and Rietbaksjesfontyn private nature reserves |
7,800 |
| Sundaland (Sumatra) |
Indonesia |
Batang Gadis National Park |
108,000 |
| Tesso Nilo National Park |
38,576 |
| Tropical Andes (Vilcabamba-Amboró Corridor) |
Peru |
Alto Purus Restricted Zone |
2,700,000 |
| Amarakaeri Communal Reserve |
402,336 |
| Ashaninka and Matsiguenga Communal Reserves and the Otishi National Park created, providing new levels of protection to the former Apurimac Restricted Zone |
709,400 |
| Manu National Park* (expanded from 1,517,700 to 1.7 million hectares) |
183,000 |
| Tumbes-Chocó Magdalena (Chocó-Manabí Corridor) |
Colombia |
Civil society reserves in Bahía Málaga |
3,000 |
| El Pangan Bird Reserve |
7,000 |
| Established as conservation areas as part of the network of community councils of the Pacific |
2,000 |
| La Plata Integrated Management System |
6,791 |
| Private reserves |
2,000 |
| Private reserves established connecting Tatama National Park and Serranìa de Los Paraguas |
1,200 |
| Private reserves in mangrove ecosystems of Bahía Málaga |
2,260 |
| Regional Natural Park of Sierpe |
25,178 |
| Set aside for conservation in Tumaco by Afro-Colombian community councils |
13,000 |
| Ecuador |
Awá Indigenous Territories in Ecuador demarcated as part of the Awá Communal Reserve |
15,000 |
| Awacachi Biological Corridor established connecting the Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve with the Awá Indigenous Territories |
8,624 |
| Communal reserve, Gran Reserva Chachi |
7,200 |
| Western Ghats & Sri Lanka |
India |
Bendayada Sacred Grove (located within Konavakarai Reserve Forest, Kotada Estates, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu) |
4.7 |
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Total biodiversity hotspots/regions: 14 |
Countries: 22 |
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Hectares: 10,816,008.7 (26 726 939.5 acres)
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