Te Wāhipounamu – South West New Zealand
A vast wilderness area of great natural beauty with mountains, fjords, sounds, rainforests, glaciers, and a range of fauna and flora.
A vast wilderness area of great natural beauty with mountains, fjords, sounds, rainforests, glaciers, and a range of fauna and flora.
A vast area of tropical rainforest, home to a huge diversity of plant and animal species.
Mount Fuji and numerous natural and religious sites related to its spiritual importance.
A stunning landscape of granite pinnacles in a nature reserve protecting endemic species.
An enormous biologically-diverse coral reef along Australia’s east coast.
Several nature reserves that are home to a huge diversity of flora, representing species important to the evolution of plant life.
A breathtakingly beautiful landscape of mountains, lakes and agriculture.
A coastline with 185 million years of interesting rock formations, invaluable for our understanding of geology and related sciences.
Seven parks encompassing all the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies with magnificent mountain scenery.
Stunning waterfalls and lakes formed by natural tufa barriers.
Four Indian Ocean islands with extraordinary biodiversity and distinct endemic species.
A protected natural wilderness area that is essential for birds migrating between Africa and Europe and for other species.
Three national parks that protect a wide range of endemic flora and fauna, including endangered species.
A riverine wildlife refuge that is home to many rare and threatened species, including the one-horned rhinoceros.
Four nature reserves that combine to protect the oldest and tallest trees in the world.
A vast nature preserve hosting many species that once roamed North America, as well as a large number of active geothermal sites.
An archipelago that inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution and teems with wildlife found nowhere else.
A vast wilderness of water and grass, habitat for many species, including endangered.
An isolated island of dramatic landscapes: a nature sanctuary, with ample evidence of human fortitude in such a remote spot.
A diverse group of nature reserves that are important for biological diversity and that serve as refuge to many species endemic to Australia.
A huge richly-diverse wildlife reserve where the world’s largest animal migration takes place.
Old-growth laurel forests, important for hydrological balance and biodiversity.
Beautiful home to the Komodo dragon and a richly biodiverse conservation area.
Bedrock eroded by glaciers makes for an exceptionally beautiful natural environment of cliffs, sequoia groves, waterfalls and meadows.