Irreplacable Protected Areas

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Name Country All Animals Rank Threatened Animals Rank
Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument Venezuela 1 3
Parque Nacional Canaima Venezuela 2 12
Palawan Game Refuge Philippines 3 8
Wet Tropics of Queensland Australia 4 7
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park Panama, Costa Rica 5 11
Gunung Lorentz National Park Indonesia 6 50
Imataca Forest Reserve Venezuela 7 30
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (incl. Tayrona NP) Colombia 8 1
San Pedro Forest Plot Venezuela 9 31
Archipelago de Colon Ecuador 10 5
Parque Nacional Fronterizo Darién Panama 11 18
Western Ghats World Heritage Site India 12 2
Rainforests of the Atsinanana Madagascar 13 6
Sureste del Lago de Maracaibo Sto. Domingo-Motatán Protective Zone Venezuela 14 10
Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve Venezuela 15 83
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Indonesia 16 32
Carrasco National Park Bolivia 17 14
Wondiwoi Nature Reserve Indonesia 18 110
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California Mexico 19 4
Duida-Marahuaca National Park Venezuela 20 88
Yaluzangbudaxiagu Nature Reserve China 21 107
Kerinci Seblat National Park Indonesia 22 89
Gunung Leuser National Park Indonesia 23 51
Sur del Estado Bolívar Protective Zone Venezuela 24 87
Manusela National Park Indonesia 25 33
Kinabalu National Park Malaysia 26 28
Pulau Yapen Tengah Nature Reserve Indonesia 27 101
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 28 9
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve Ecuador 29 20
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas China 30 81
Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park Peru 31 86
Serra da Mantiqueira Environmental Protection Area Brazil 32 80
El Caura Forest Reserve Venezuela 33 105
Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve China 34 98
Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Area Brazil 35 96
Mont Cameroun National Park Cameroon 36 15
Serra do Mar State Park Brazil 37 93
Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve Mexico 38 13
Macizo Montañoso del Turimiquire Protective Zone Venezuela 39 17
Sumaco Napo Galeras National Park Ecuador 40 24
Sureste de Nicaragua Biosphere Reserve Nicaragua 41 97
Parc National de l'Upemba Democratic Republic of the Congo 42 108
Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve Cuba 43 16
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier Venezuela 44 91
Guadeloupe National Park - Buffer zone Guadeloupe 45 23
Arsi Controlled Hunting Area Ethiopia 46 84
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park Jamaica 47 21
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park Cuba 48 22
Kakadu National Park Australia 49 79
Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve Guatemala 49 45
Tapantí-Macizo de La Muerte National Park Costa Rica 51 49
Pico Bonito National Park Honduras 52 19
Vale do Javari Indigenous Area Brazil 53 104
Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves Brazil 54 92
Parc National de Tai Côte d'Ivoire 55 76
Islas del Golfo de California Flora and Fauna Protection Area Mexico 56 26
Manú National Park Peru 56 99
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands New Zealand 58 25
Alto Mayo Protection Forest Peru 59 94
Bale Controlled Hunting Area Ethiopia 59 69
Mounts Banahaw - San Cristobal National Park Philippines 59 27
Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area Bolivia 62 37
Lore Lindu National Park Indonesia 63 102
Río Capaz Protective Zone Venezuela 64 34
Itatiaia National Park Brazil 65 106
El Sira Communal Reserve Peru 66 34
Foja Game Reserve Indonesia 67 95
Páramo Urrao National Protective Forests Reserves Colombia 68 90
Masoala National Park Madagascar 69 65
Anamalai Sanctuary India 70 29
Serra do Mar State Environmental Protection Area Brazil 71 108
Jayawijaya Wildlife Reserve Indonesia 72 103
Shark Bay Australia 72 46
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains China 74 100
Península de Paria National Park Venezuela 75 82
Socotra Archipelago Yemen 76 76
Siberut National Park Indonesia 77 38
Isalo National Park Madagascar 78 57
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas South Africa 79 85
Mount Mulanje Malawi 80 48
Palo Seco Protected Forest Panama 81 63
West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve Tanzania 82 39
Los Farallones De Cali Natural National Park Colombia 83 59
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve Madagascar 84 52
Bale Mountains National Park Ethiopia 85 40
Te Wahipounamu—South West New Zealand New Zealand 85 53
Martinique Regional Nature Park Martinique 87 75
Cusuco National Park Honduras 88 36
La Bayamesa National Park Cuba 89 67
Kanneliya Forest Reserve Sri Lanka 90 41
Auckland Islands / Motu Maha Marine Reserve New Zealand 91 67
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument United States 92 42
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo Biosphere Reserve Mexico 93 72
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge United States 93 43
Henderson Island United Kingdom 93 43
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Cuba 96 47
Islas del Golfo de California Biosphere Reserve Mexico 96 69
Mulu National Park Malaysia 98 60
Podocarpus National Park Ecuador 98 55
Udzungwa Mountains National Park Tanzania 100 54
Karakelang Utara dan Selatan Wildlife Reserve Indonesia 101 62
Chingaza Natural National Park Colombia 102 61
Cañón de Río Blanco National Park Mexico 103 55
Gough and Inaccessible Islands United Kingdom 104 57
Parque Nacional Guaramacal Venezuela 105 64
Nguru South Forest Reserve Tanzania 106 66
Milindo Forest Reserve Tanzania 107 71
Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve Mexico 108 72
Escudo de Veraguas Protected Landscape Panama 109 72
Bahía de Loreto National Park Mexico 110 78
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