Key Places for biodiversity

Key Places are 36 places on Earth that the biologist E.O. Wilson singled out as irreplaceable for life, in his book Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (2016). Learn the species of each in KnowKi.

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Africa

Atewa Forests
Ethiopia's Church Forests
Forests of the Congo Basin
Gorongosa National Park
Madagascar
Serengeti
South Africa

Antarctica

McMurdo Dry Valleys

Asia

Altai Mountains
Bhutan
Borneo
Lake Baikal
Myanmar
Socotra
Western Ghats

Europe

Białowieża Forest

North & Central America

Cloud Forests of Central America and the Northern Andes
Cuba and Hispaniola
Longleaf Pine Savanna
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands
Redwood Forests of California

Oceania

Gibber Plains
Hawaii
New Caledonia
New Guinea
Scrublands of Southwestern Australia
The Kimberley

South America

Atlantic Forests of South America
Galápagos
Greater Manú Region
Páramos of South America
The Amazon River Basin
The Cerrado
The Guiana Shield
The Pantanal
The Tepuis

KnowKi is not affiliated with the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Species come from research-grade observations on iNaturalist.