Wild Places

The Wildlife Conservation Society focuses its conservation work on 80 land/seascapes across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America.

Africa

1. Bateke (Gabon, Congo)
2. Boma-Jonglei (South Sudan)
3. Central Cameroon (Cameroon)
   
4. Cross River (Cameroon, Nigeria)
5. Gabon Forest (Gabon)
   
6. Greater Virunga (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda)
7. Ituri (Democratic Republic of Congo)
8. Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
   
9. Maiko-Kahuzi (Democratic Republic of Congo)
   
10. Murchison (Uganda)
11. Ndoki (Congo)
12. Niassa (Mozambique)
    
13. Nyungwe-Kibira (Rwanda, Burundi)
14. Ruaha (Tanzania)
15. Salonga (Democratic Republic of Congo)
16. Southern Highlands (Tanzania)
17. Southern National Park (South Sudan)
    
18. Southwest Dry Forest (Madagascar)
19. Tarangire (Tanzania)
20. Yankari (Nigeria)
    
21. Zanzibar Forest (Tanzania)

Asia

1. Altai-Gobi (Mongolia)
2. Bamyan Highlands (Afghanistan)
   
3. Batang Ai/Lanjak Entimau (Malaysia)
4. Bogani Nani Wartabone, Sulawesi (Indonesia)
5. Bukit Barisan Selatan, Sumatra (Indonesia)
6. Central India Tiger Landscape (India)
7. Changbaishan (China, Russia)
   
8. Chang Tang (China)
9. Dashte Kavir (Iran)
   
10. Eastern Mondulkiri Forests (Cambodia)
11. Eastern Steppe (Mongolia)
12. Endau-Rompin (Malaysia)
    
13. Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
    
14. Gunung Leuser, Sumatra (Indonesia)
15. Nam Et - Phou Louey (Lao PDR)
16. Northern Annamites (Lao PDR, Vietnam)
17. Northern Forest Complex (Myanmar)
18. Northern Plains (Cambodia)
19. Sikhote-Alin (Russia)
    
20. South Gobi (Mongolia)
    
21. Tenasserims (Thailand)
22. Tonle Sap Floodplain (Cambodia)
23. Wakhan (Afghanistan)
    
24. Western Ghats (India)
    

Latin America & Caribbean

1. Andean Patagonia Steppe (Argentina)
2. Andes (Colombia)
   
3. Central Amazon (Brazil)
   
4. Gran Chaco (Paraguay)
5. Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape (Bolivia, Peru)
6. Greater Samiria-Yavari Landscape (Peru)
7. Greater Yasuni Landscape (Ecuador)
   
8. Karukinka (Chile)
9. Maya Biosphere Reserve (Guatemala)
10. Orinoquia (Colombia)
    
11. Pantanal (Brazil)

Marine

1. Aceh-Weh (Indonesia)
2. Arctic Beringia (USA, Canada, Russia)
   
3. Bangladesh Coast (Bangladesh)
4. Congo Basin Coast (Gabon, Congo)
   
5. Glover's Reef (Belize)
6. Halmahera/North Sulawesi (Indonesia)
7. Karimunjawa (Indonesia)
8. Kenya Coast (Kenya)
9. MaMaBay (Madagascar)
   
10. Miskito Coast (Nicaragua)
11. New Ireland (Papua New Guinea)
12. New York Seascape (USA)
    
13. Nosy Be (Madagascar)
14. Patagonia Coast (Argentina, Chile, Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands)
15. Toliar Barrier Reef (Madagascar)
    
16. Vatu-i-Ra (Fiji)

North America 

1. Adirondack (USA)
2. Crown of the Continent (USA, Canada)
   
3. Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (USA)
4. Iinnii Bison (Canada, USA)
   
5. Northern Appalachian Acadian Forests (Canada, USA)
6. Northern Boreal Mountains (Canada)
   
7. Ontario, Northern Boreal (Canada)
8. US Northern Rockies Connectivity Region (USA)
   

 

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