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Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Located in the basin of the Platano River, the reserve is one of the few remaining tropical rainforest sites in Central America, with a rich diversity of plants and wildlife. More than 2,000 indigenous peoples maintain their traditional way of life in a mountainous landscape that stretches to the Caribbean coast.
Dja Faunal Reserve
This is one of the largest and best-preserved rainforests in Africa, with 90% of its area undisturbed. The reserve is almost completely surrounded by the Dja River, which forms a natural border and is known for its biodiversity and wide variety of primates. There are 107 mammal species here, 5 of which are threatened.
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
This unique place is located in Central America, where the Quaternary glaciers left their mark, allowing the hybridization of flora and fauna from North and South America. Tropical rainforests cover most of the area. Four different Indian tribes live in this land, which is closely related to the close cooperation between Costa Rica and Panama.
Sangay National Park
With its outstanding natural beauty and two active volcanoes, the park showcases a whole range of ecosystems, from rainforest to glaciers, with snow-capped peaks contrasting with the forests of the plains. The park's isolation has helped to support native species, such as the mountain tapir and the Andean condor.
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
The Lope-Okanda Ecosystem and Cultural Site demonstrates an unusual interface between dense and well-preserved tropical rainforest and remnant savannah environments, rich in species, including endangered large mammals and habitats. The site demonstrates ecological and biological processes by which species and habitats adapted to post-glacial climate change. It contains evidence of successive migrations of different peoples who left behind a wealth of well-preserved remains of habitation on mountaintops, in caves and around shelters, evidence of iron working, and some 1,800 remarkable petroglyphs (rock engravings). The property's Neolithic and Iron Age sites and the rock art found there reflect a major migration route of Bantu and other peoples from West Africa along the Ogowe River Valley to the north in the dense evergreen Congo forests and east-central and southern Africa, a route that shaped the development of all of sub-Saharan Africa.
Kinabalu Park
Located in Sabah, on the northern tip of the island of Borneo, Kinabalu Park is centered around Mount Kinabalu (4,095 meters), the highest peak between the Himalayas and New Guinea. The park contains a wide variety of habitats, from dense tropical lowland and montane rainforests to tropical montane forests, subalpine forests, and high-altitude scrub. Designated the Center of Plant Diversity in Southeast Asia, the park is extremely species-rich, including plants from the Himalayas, China, Australia, Malaysia, and pan-tropical plants.
Wet Tropics of Queensland
The area stretches for approximately 450 km along the northeastern coast of Australia and consists primarily of tropical rainforest. The biome is home to a wide variety of plant life, as well as marsupials and songbirds, and other rare and endangered animal and plant species.
Cocos Island National Park
Cocos Island National Park is located 550 km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean with tropical rainforests. Cocos Island is the first point of contact with the North Equatorial Countercurrent and there are countless interactions with the surrounding marine ecosystems, making the area an ideal laboratory for studying biological processes. The underwater world of the national park is famous for its attraction to divers, who rate it as one of the best places in the world to see large pelagic species such as sharks, rays, tuna and dolphins.
Río Abiseo National Park
The park was established in 1983 to protect the rainforest flora and fauna that are unique to this area of the Andes. The flora and fauna in the park have a high degree of endemism. The yellow-tailed woolly monkey, previously thought to be extinct, is found only in this area. Research conducted since 1985 has led to the discovery of 36 previously unknown archaeological sites at altitudes between 2,500 and 4,000 meters, which provide a good picture of pre-Inca society.
Fraser Island
Fraser Island is located off the east coast of Australia. At 122 km long, it is the largest sand island in the world. There are remnants of tall rainforest growing on the sand, and half of the world's freshwater dune lakes are located inland from the beach. The combination of moving dunes, rainforest and lakes makes this a unique attraction.
Tasmanian Wilderness
Located in an area of severe glacial erosion, these parks and reserves feature steep canyons and cover more than one million hectares, and are home to the world's last remaining temperate rainforests. Remains found in limestone caves prove that humans have lived here for more than 20,000 years.
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park, located in northwest Washington, is renowned for its diversity of ecosystems. Glacier-capped peaks are interspersed with vast alpine meadows, surrounded by vast old-growth forests, some of which are the best-preserved temperate rainforests in the Pacific Northwest. Eleven major rivers flow through the Olympic Mountains, providing some of the best habitat for anadromous fish in the country. The park also includes 100 kilometers of wilderness coastline, the longest undeveloped coast in the contiguous United States, and is rich in native and endemic plant and animal species, including key populations of the endangered northern spotted owl, marbled guillemot, and bull trout.
Iguazu National Park
The semicircular waterfall at the center of the site is about 80 meters high and 2,700 meters in diameter, located on the basalt line on the border between Argentina and Brazil. It consists of many waterfalls and splashes, making it one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The surrounding subtropical rainforest has more than 2,000 species of vascular plants and is home to wildlife typical of the region: tapirs, giant anteaters, howler monkeys, ocelots, jaguars and caimans.
Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
Located in southwestern Japan, the series of sites covers 42,698 hectares of subtropical rainforest on four islands, forming an arc on the border of the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea, with its highest point being Yumaru-dake on Amami Oshima, at 694 metres above sea level. The site is completely uninhabited and has a high biodiversity value, with a very high proportion of endemic species, many of which are globally endangered. The site is home to endemic plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, inland water fish and decapod crustaceans, such as the endangered Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) and the endangered Ryukyu woolly rat (Diplothrix legata), which represent ancient lineages with no living relatives anywhere in the world. Five mammals, three birds and three amphibians within the site have been globally recognised as Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species. In addition, many different endemic species are present on each island, which are not found elsewhere in the site.
Salonga National Park
Salonga National Park is the largest tropical rainforest reserve in Africa. Located in the heart of the Central Congo River Basin, the park is so remote that it can only be reached by water. It is home to many local endangered species, such as the pygmy chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-nosed crocodile or "false" crocodile.
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Sinharaja, located in southwestern Sri Lanka, is the country’s last remaining intact tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic, many of which are considered rare. There is a wealth of endemic wildlife, especially birds, but the reserve is also home to more than 50% of Sri Lanka’s endemic mammal and butterfly species, as well as a wide variety of insects, reptiles and rare amphibians.