Hotspot Performance Index

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Hotspot Percentage of terrestrial protected area /17% (IUCN categories plus NA lands) Ranking /35 Number of Ecoregions Number of ecoregions with shortfall from 17% Aichi Target (IUCN categories plus NA lands) Cities in conflict with biodiversity
1. Atlantic Forest 8 32 15 9 27/28
2. California Floristic Province 13.6 21 7 5 13/15
3. Cape Floristic Region 25.7 3 2 1 1/1
4. Caribbean Islands 17.6 13 20 9 8/8
5. Caucasus 8.7 31 7 7 10/11
6. Cerrado 11 24 2 2 14/14
7. Chilean Winter Rainfall Valdivian Forests 20.3 6 3 1 5/5
8. Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa 17.6 13 4 1 3/3
9. East Melanesian Islands 2 35 5 5 NA
10. Eastern Afromontane 16.8 15 20 8 13/15
11. Forests of Eastern Australia 23.5 4 2 0 3/3
12. Guinean Forests of West Africa 17.7 12 10 5 25/26
13. Himalaya 19.2 9 13 9 6/6
14. Horn of Africa 7.7 33 8 7 8/9
15. Indo-Burma 13.4 22 33 23 37/40
16. Irano-Anatolian 4.8 34 7 7 19/20
17. Japan 19.1 10 9 4 19/19
18. Madagascar & The Indian Ocean Islands 9 30 12 7 0/1
19. Madrean Pine-oak woodlands 14.5 20 8 5 10/10
20. Maputaland Pondoland Albany 9.7 25 10 7 5/5
21. Mediterranean Basin 19 11 27 5 57/65
22. Mesoamerica 19.3 8 35 19 30/31
23. Mountains of Central Asia 9.4 29 6 5 8/8
24. Mountains of Southwest China 15.8 17 3 1 0/1
25. New Caledonia 15.1 19 2 2 NA
26. New Zealand 33.4 1 10 2 2/2
27. Philippines 15.2 18 12 11 7/13
28. Polynesia-micronesia 9.7 25 22 16 0/1
29. Southwest Australia 16.4 16 5 3 1/1
30. Succulent Karoo 22 5 1 0 1/1
31. Sundaland 9.6 27 22 12 31/31
32. Tropical Andes 23.8 2 23 10 29/29
33. Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena 11.9 23 10 5 3/3
34. Wallacea 9.5 28 9 5 1/1
35. Western Ghats & Sri Lanka 20.2 7 7 3 1/6