Biodiversity Hotspots - Markdown

| code | slug | name | description | countries | region |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01 | tropical-andes | Tropical Andes | The most biodiverse hotspot in the world. | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Northern Argentina | South America |
| 02 | tumbes-choco-magdalena | Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena | A biodiverse region along the Pacific coast of South America. | Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos Islands | South America |
| 03 | madrean-pine-oak-woodlands | Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands | Pine-oak forest ecosystem in southern North America. | USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), Mexico | North America |
| 04 | cerrado | Cerrado | Brazil's vast savanna ecosystem. | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay | South America |
| 05 | chilean-winter-rainfall-valdivian-forests | Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests | Temperate rainforests of Chile and Argentina. | Chile, Argentina | South America |
| 06 | atlantic-forest | Atlantic Forest | Rich forest ecosystem along Brazil's eastern coast. | Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay | South America |
| 07 | mesoamerica | Mesoamerica | Rich forest ecosystem of Central America. | Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama | Central America |
| 08 | caribbean-islands | Caribbean Islands | Ecosystem of Caribbean islands. | Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, other Caribbean islands | Central America & Caribbean |
| 09 | california-floristic-province | California Floristic Province | Mediterranean climate region of North America's west coast. | USA (California, Oregon), Mexico (Baja California) | North America |
| 10 | north-american-coastal-plain | North American Coastal Plain | The 36th hotspot designated in 2016. | USA, Mexico | North America |
| 11 | guinean-forests-west-africa | Guinean Forests of West Africa | Forest ecosystem of West Africa's coast. | Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo | Africa |
| 12 | cape-floristic-region | Cape Floristic Region | A plant-diverse region at the southern tip of South Africa. | South Africa | Africa |
| 13 | succulent-karoo | Succulent Karoo | A region rich in succulent plants in South Africa. | South Africa, Namibia | Africa |
| 14 | maputaland-pondoland-albany | Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany | Ecosystem of South Africa's southeastern coast. | South Africa, Mozambique, Eswatini | Africa |
| 15 | coastal-forests-eastern-africa | Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa | Forest ecosystem of Africa's eastern coast. | Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Somalia | Africa |
| 16 | eastern-afromontane | Eastern Afromontane | Mountain ecosystem of East Africa. | Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique | Africa |
| 17 | horn-of-africa | Horn of Africa | Arid region ecosystem of Northeast Africa. | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia | Africa |
| 18 | madagascar-indian-ocean-islands | Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands | Ecosystem of Madagascar and surrounding islands. | Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion | Africa |
| 19 | mediterranean-basin | Mediterranean Basin | The world's richest plant diversity region. | Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, others | Europe, Asia & Africa |
| 20 | caucasus | Caucasus | Mountain region at the Europe-Asia boundary. | Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iran | Europe & Asia |
| 21 | irano-anatolian | Irano-Anatolian | Mountain ecosystem of the Middle East. | Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Turkmenistan | Asia |
| 22 | mountains-of-central-asia | Mountains of Central Asia | High mountain ecosystem of Central Asia. | Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China | Asia |
| 23 | western-ghats-sri-lanka | Western Ghats and Sri Lanka | Ecosystem of western India and Sri Lanka. | India, Sri Lanka | Asia |
| 24 | himalaya | Himalaya | Mountain ecosystem including the world's highest peaks. | India, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Bangladesh | Asia |
| 25 | mountains-of-southwest-china | Mountains of Southwest China | Mountain ecosystem of southwest China. | China, Myanmar | Asia |
| 26 | indo-burma | Indo-Burma | One of the world's largest hotspots. | India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia | Asia |
| 27 | sundaland | Sundaland | Ecosystem of Southeast Asian islands and peninsula. | Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand | Asia |
| 28 | wallacea | Wallacea | Ecosystem of eastern Indonesian islands. | Indonesia, East Timor | Asia |
| 29 | philippines | Philippines | Ecosystem of the Philippine archipelago. | Philippines | Asia |
| 30 | japan | Japan | Ecosystem of the Japanese archipelago. | Japan | Asia |
| 31 | southwest-australia | Southwest Australia | Mediterranean climate region of southwestern Australia. | Australia | Oceania |
| 32 | east-melanesian-islands | East Melanesian Islands | Ecosystem of islands northeast of Australia. | Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea | Oceania |
| 33 | new-zealand | New Zealand | Unique ecosystem of the New Zealand islands. | New Zealand | Oceania |
| 34 | new-caledonia | New Caledonia | The world's smallest hotspot. | France (New Caledonia) | Oceania |
| 35 | polynesia-micronesia | Polynesia-Micronesia | Ecosystem of South Pacific islands. | Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, other Pacific islands | Oceania |
| 36 | forests-of-east-australia | Forests of East Australia | Forest ecosystem of Australia's east coast. | Australia | Oceania |