High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area

Connected Sites: 26

A High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area (HBWA) is an elaboration on the IUCN Protected Area classification of a Wilderness Area (Category Ib), which outlines five vast wilderness areas of particularly dense and important levels of biodiversity. The sub-classification was the initiative of Conservation International (CI) in 2003 to identify regions in which at least 70 percent of their original vegetation has remained intact in order to ensure that this is safeguarded and these regions do not become biodiversity hotspots. (wiki)

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Connected Sites

Canaima National Park
Inscribed: 1994
3.74
37
3
Amazonia
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Inscribed: 2000
2.69
13
2
Amazonia
Manu National Park
Inscribed: 1987
3.74
36
5
Amazonia
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Inscribed: 2000
2.94
3
1
Amazonia
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
Inscribed: 2000
3.35
46
5
Amazonia
Lorentz National Park
Inscribed: 1999
3.34
5
1
New Guinea, Indonesia And Papua New Guinea
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1996
2
0
Congo Basin
Garamba National Park
Garamba National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1980
2
1
Congo Basin
Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1979
3.99
16
2
Congo Basin
Lopé-Okanda
Inscribed: 2007
1.95
11
1
Congo Basin
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1980
3.33
8
4
Congo Basin
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
Central African Republic
Inscribed: 1988
0
2
Congo Basin
Dja Faunal Reserve
Inscribed: 1987
2.53
1
0
Congo Basin
Sangha Trinational
Sangha Trinational
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic)
Inscribed: 2012
3.61
8
2
Congo Basin
Salonga National Park
Salonga National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1984
0
0
Congo Basin
Selous Game Reserve
Inscribed: 1982
3.50
31
4
Miombo-Mopane Woodlands And Savannas
Mana Pools
Mana Pools
Zimbabwe
Inscribed: 1984
3.65
26
5
Miombo-Mopane Woodlands And Savannas
Okavango Delta
Inscribed: 2014
4.15
110
4
Miombo-Mopane Woodlands And Savannas
El Pinacate
Inscribed: 2013
3.08
21
5
North American Deserts, Southwest United States And Mexico
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
Inscribed: 1993
3.68
36
6
North American Deserts, Southwest United States And Mexico
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
United States of America
Inscribed: 1979
4.40
523
21
North American Deserts, Southwest United States And Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Carlsbad Caverns
United States of America
Inscribed: 1995
3.47
152
11
North American Deserts, Southwest United States And Mexico
Gulf of California
Inscribed: 2005
3.51
96
6
North American Deserts, Southwest United States And Mexico (Sonora Desert)
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Inscribed: 1989
4.47
181
5
Mopane: "Mopane Woodlands Has Developed In Valleys Where The Underlying Basalt Has Been Exposed." (Ab Ev.)
Lake Malawi
Inscribed: 1984
3.13
51
4
Miombo-Mopane Woodlands And Savannas
See Www.Worldwildlife.Org
Odzala-Kokoua
Odzala-Kokoua
Congo (Republic)
Inscribed: 2023
3.96
2
1
Congo Basin