Irreplacable Protected Areas

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Name Country All Animals Rank Threatened Animals Rank
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Cuba 96 47
Alto Mayo Protection Forest Peru 59 94
Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve Venezuela 15 83
Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Area Brazil 35 96
Anamalai Sanctuary India 70 29
Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area Bolivia 62 37
Archipelago de Colon Ecuador 10 5
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo Biosphere Reserve Mexico 93 72
Arsi Controlled Hunting Area Ethiopia 46 84
Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves Brazil 54 92
Auckland Islands / Motu Maha Marine Reserve New Zealand 91 67
Bahía de Loreto National Park Mexico 110 78
Bale Controlled Hunting Area Ethiopia 59 69
Bale Mountains National Park Ethiopia 85 40
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park Jamaica 47 21
Cañón de Río Blanco National Park Mexico 103 55
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas South Africa 79 85
Carrasco National Park Bolivia 17 14
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve Ecuador 29 20
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 28 9
Chingaza Natural National Park Colombia 102 61
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park Cuba 48 22
Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve Cuba 43 16
Cusuco National Park Honduras 88 36
Duida-Marahuaca National Park Venezuela 20 88
El Caura Forest Reserve Venezuela 33 105
El Sira Communal Reserve Peru 66 34
Escudo de Veraguas Protected Landscape Panama 109 72
Foja Game Reserve Indonesia 67 95
Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument Venezuela 1 3
Gough and Inaccessible Islands United Kingdom 104 57
Guadeloupe National Park - Buffer zone Guadeloupe 45 23
Gunung Leuser National Park Indonesia 23 51
Gunung Lorentz National Park Indonesia 6 50
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge United States 93 43
Henderson Island United Kingdom 93 43
Imataca Forest Reserve Venezuela 7 30
Isalo National Park Madagascar 78 57
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California Mexico 19 4
Islas del Golfo de California Biosphere Reserve Mexico 96 69
Islas del Golfo de California Flora and Fauna Protection Area Mexico 56 26
Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve Mexico 108 72
Itatiaia National Park Brazil 65 106
Jayawijaya Wildlife Reserve Indonesia 72 103
Kakadu National Park Australia 49 79
Kanneliya Forest Reserve Sri Lanka 90 41
Karakelang Utara dan Selatan Wildlife Reserve Indonesia 101 62
Kerinci Seblat National Park Indonesia 22 89
Kinabalu National Park Malaysia 26 28
La Bayamesa National Park Cuba 89 67
Lore Lindu National Park Indonesia 63 102
Los Farallones De Cali Natural National Park Colombia 83 59
Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve Mexico 38 13
Macizo Montañoso del Turimiquire Protective Zone Venezuela 39 17
Manú National Park Peru 56 99
Manusela National Park Indonesia 25 33
Martinique Regional Nature Park Martinique 87 75
Masoala National Park Madagascar 69 65
Milindo Forest Reserve Tanzania 107 71
Mont Cameroun National Park Cameroon 36 15
Mount Mulanje Malawi 80 48
Mounts Banahaw - San Cristobal National Park Philippines 59 27
Mulu National Park Malaysia 98 60
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands New Zealand 58 25
Nguru South Forest Reserve Tanzania 106 66
Palawan Game Refuge Philippines 3 8
Palo Seco Protected Forest Panama 81 63
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument United States 92 42
Parc National de l'Upemba Democratic Republic of the Congo 42 108
Parc National de Tai Côte d'Ivoire 55 76
Parque Nacional Canaima Venezuela 2 12
Parque Nacional Fronterizo Darién Panama 11 18
Parque Nacional Guaramacal Venezuela 105 64
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier Venezuela 44 91
Páramo Urrao National Protective Forests Reserves Colombia 68 90
Península de Paria National Park Venezuela 75 82
Pico Bonito National Park Honduras 52 19
Podocarpus National Park Ecuador 98 55
Pulau Yapen Tengah Nature Reserve Indonesia 27 101
Rainforests of the Atsinanana Madagascar 13 6
Río Capaz Protective Zone Venezuela 64 34
San Pedro Forest Plot Venezuela 9 31
Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve China 34 98
Serra da Mantiqueira Environmental Protection Area Brazil 32 80
Serra do Mar State Environmental Protection Area Brazil 71 108
Serra do Mar State Park Brazil 37 93
Shark Bay Australia 72 46
Siberut National Park Indonesia 77 38
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains China 74 100
Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve Guatemala 49 45
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (incl. Tayrona NP) Colombia 8 1
Socotra Archipelago Yemen 76 76
Sumaco Napo Galeras National Park Ecuador 40 24
Sur del Estado Bolívar Protective Zone Venezuela 24 87
Sureste de Nicaragua Biosphere Reserve Nicaragua 41 97
Sureste del Lago de Maracaibo Sto. Domingo-Motatán Protective Zone Venezuela 14 10
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park Panama, Costa Rica 5 11
Tapantí-Macizo de La Muerte National Park Costa Rica 51 49
Te Wahipounamu—South West New Zealand New Zealand 85 53
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas China 30 81
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Indonesia 16 32
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve Madagascar 84 52
Udzungwa Mountains National Park Tanzania 100 54
Vale do Javari Indigenous Area Brazil 53 104
West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve Tanzania 82 39
Western Ghats World Heritage Site India 12 2
Wet Tropics of Queensland Australia 4 7
Wondiwoi Nature Reserve Indonesia 18 110
Yaluzangbudaxiagu Nature Reserve China 21 107
Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park Peru 31 86
Irreplacable Protected Area information provided by Le Saout, S., Hoffmann, M., Shi, Y., Hughes, A., Bernard, C., Brooks, T.M., Bertzky, B., Butchart, S.H.M., Stuart, S.N., Badman, T. & Rodrigues, A.S.L. (2013) Protected areas and effective biodiversity conservation. Science, 342, 803–805