Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 2.1
Spatial overlap between the nine proposed global biodiversity conservation prioritizations
% land area
30
16
10
9
35
37
8
9
24
Crisis ecoregions
33*
14
10
44
36
2
§
1
§
4
§
6
§
Biodiversity hotspots
61*
33*
21*
46*
78*
0
§
5
Endemic bird areas
24*
68*
70*
7
11
11
§
43*
50*
Centres of plant diversity
34
40*
28*
48*
66*
18*
14
21
Megadiversity countries
38
21
19*
12
53*
18*
11
24
Global 200 ecoregions
28
33*
19*
15*
49*
16*
16*
28
High-biodiversity wilderness areas
6
§
0
§
15
19*
79*
72*
41*
53*
Frontier forests
4
§
8
§
11
13
39
64*
35*
73*
5
§
4
§
Last of the wild
4
7
34
43
17*
28*
