Ecoregions in Latin America & Caribbean Region

Conserving Endangered Spaces

An ecoregion is as a large unit of land or water that contains geographically distinct groups of species, natural communities, and environmental conditions. Ecoregions do not have fixed boundaries, but expand a cross vast landscapes and transcend national boundaries . WWF has identified 238 ecoregions that should be a priority for conservation action. WWF calls these critical ecoregions the Global 200 that together represent outstanding examples of biodiversity from every continent and ocean basin.

Of the 238 globally important ecoregions, 53 are located in Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) and are listed below.

Currently, WWF is ambitiously pursuing multiyear initiatives to conserve the biodiversity of 19 ecoregions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

All ecoregions in the LAC region	The 19 Ecoregions WWF is working in
Amazon River and Flooded Forests Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea Atacama-Sechura Deserts Atlantic Dry Forests Atlantic Forests Brazilian Shield Amazonian Rivers and Streams Central Andean Dry Puna Central Andean Yungas Cerrado Woodlands and Savannas Chilean Matorral Chihuahuan Freshwater Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts Chiquitano Dry Forests Chocó-Darién Moist Forests Coastal Venezuela Montane Forests Galápagos Islands Scrub Galápagos Marine Greater Antillean Freshwater Greater Antillean Marine Greater Antillean Moist Forests Greater Antillean Pine Forests Guayanan Highlands Moist Forests Guianan Freshwater Guianan Moist Forests Guianan-Amazon Mangroves Gulf of California High Andean Lakes Humboldt Current Llanos Savannas Mesoamerican Pine-Oak Forests Mesoamerican Reef Mexican Dry Forests Mexican Highland Lakes Napo Moist Forests Northeast Brazil Shelf Marine Northern Andean Montane Forests Northern Andean Paramo Orinoco River and Flooded Forests Panama Bight Panama Bight Mangroves Pantanal Flooded Savannas Patagonian Southwest Atlantic Patagonian Steppe Rapa Nui Rio Negro-Juruá Moist Forests Sonoran-Baja Deserts Southern Caribbean Sea Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests Talamancan-Isthmian Pacifif Forests Tumbesian-Andean Valleys Dry Forests Upper Amazon Rivers and Streams Upper Paraná Rivers and Streams Valdivian Temperate Rain Forests / Juan Fernández Islands	Atlantic Forests Chihuahuan Desert Gulf of California Mesoamerican Reef Northern Andean Montane Forests Chocó-Darién Moist Forests Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests Pantanal Flooded Savannas Amazon River and Floodplain Galápagos Llanos Savannas Valdivian Temperate Forests Guianan Moist Forests Patagonian Southwest Atlantic Mexican Dry Forests Greater Antillean Marine Southern Caribbean Sea Cerrado Woodlands and Savannas Napo Moist Forest