Our ecosystem profiles are a rapid assessment of a biodiversity hotspot or priority area within a hotspot. Each one provides an overview of biodiversity importance, overall conservation targets or “outcomes,” major threats and the policy, civil society and socioeconomic context, as well as funding gaps and opportunities.
We use the information to create our investment strategy included in each profile. Other donors and governmental and nongovernmental partners alike also use the findings and our strategy to determine priorities for funding and action.
Atlantic Forest (Brazil)
English (PDF - 1.6 MB) /
Português (PDF - 1.8 MB)
Cape Floristic Region
English (PDF - 1.3 MB)
Caucasus
English (PDF - 3.5 MB) / Russian (PDF - 4.8 MB)
Caribbean Islands
English (PDF - 1.63 MB) / Français (PDF - 2.6 MB)
Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya
English (PDF - 1 MB)
Eastern Himalayas Region
English (PDF - 3.4 MB)
Guinean Forests of West Africa (Upper Guinean Forest Ecosystem)
English (PDF - 585 KB) / Français (PDF - 617 KB)
Indo-Burma (Indochina region)
English (PDF - 2.5 MB) / Vietnamese (PDF - 2 MB)
Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar)
English (PDF - 361 KB) / Français (PDF - 390 KB)
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany
English (PDF - 2.8 MB)
Mesoamerica
Northern Mesoamerica: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
English (PDF - 1 MB) / Español (PDF - 1MB)
Southern Mesoamerica: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
English (PDF - 747 KB) / Español (PDF - 753 KB)
Mountains of Southwest China
English (PDF - 1.1 MB) / Chinese (PDF - 645 KB)
The Philippines
English (PDF - 1.7 MB)
Polynesia-Micronesia
English (PDF - 1.2 MB) /
Succulent Karoo
English (PDF - 496 KB)
Sundaland (Sumatra)
English (PDF - 810 KB) / Bahasa (PDF - 1.9 MB)
Tropical Andes (Vilcabamba-Amboró Conservation Corridor)
English (PDF - 500 KB) / Español (PDF - 484 KB)
Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena (Chocó-Manabí Conservation Corridor)
English (PDF - 1.5 MB) / Español (PDF - 1.2 MB)
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka (Western Ghats region)
English (PDF - 1.9 MB)