Addresses

  1. Conservation International,1919 M St NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.

  2. Center for Applied Biodiversity Science-CI, 1919 M St NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.

  3. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, U.S.A.

  4. Agrupación Sierra Madre, S.C. and Unidos para la Conservación, A.C., Primero de Mayo 249, San Pedro de los Pinos, 03800 México, D.F., Mexico

  5. Conservation International-Brazil Getulio Vargas, 1300-7o andar, 30112-021 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

  6. Apt. 706, 1616 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20009, U.S.A.

  7. Houston Zoo, 1513 N. MacGregor, Houston, TX 77030, U.S.A.

  8. Upper Meadow, Douglas Downes Close, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NT, UK

  9. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

  10. American Bird Conservancy, 1834 Jefferson Place NW, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.

  11. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287, U.S.A.

  12. IUCN/SSC-CI/CABS Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.

  13. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270 MG, Brazil

  14. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, km 16 Rodovia Illhéus-Itabuna CEP-45662-000 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

  15. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70910, Brasília, Brazil

  16. National Botanical Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

  17. Agricultural Research Council, Rangelands & Forestry Institute, Private Bag X05, Lynn East 0039, South Africa

  18. Department of Systematic Botany, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden

  19. BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA, UK

  20. Niğde University, Faculty of Science and Art, Department of Biology, 51200 Niğde, Turkey

  21. Oregon State University, Envrionmental Science Program, Cordley 2082 Corvallis, OR 97330, U.S.A.

  22. Doğa Derneği, PK 640 06445 Yeni¸sehir Ankara, Turkey

  23. ZSCSP, Zoological Society, D-81377, Munich, Germany

  24. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Av. Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, 14010 México, D.F., Mexico

  25. Center for Biodiversity Conservation-Andes, CI-Colombia, Cra. 13 No. 71-41, Bogotá, Colombia

  26. Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.

  27. Center for Biodiversity Conservation-Andes, CI, Av. Coruña N29-44 y Noboa Caamano, Quito, Ecuador

  28. Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit Department of Botany, University of Port Elizabeth, P.O. Box 1600, Port Elizabeth 6000, South Africa

  29. PO Box 364, St Francis Bay, 6312, South Africa

  30. 180 Gladstone Rd, Nth Mosgiel, Otago 9007, New Zealand

  31. BirdLife International-Fiji, Suva, Fiji

  32. Conservation International/SPREP, Vailima Headquarters, P.O. Box 240, Apia, Western Samoa

  33. Laboratoire de Botanique, Centre IRD, P.B. A5 98848, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

  34. Taxonomie et Collections, Département de Systématique & Evolution, Case Postale 51, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

  35. Bureau WWF Nouvelle Calédonie, Parc Forestier Michel Corbasson, Rue du Mont Té-Montravel, BP.692 98853 Nouméa Cédex, New Caledonia

  36. Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, U.S.A.

  37. Leslie Hill Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa

  38. 101 Jeffrey’s Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch, New Zealand

  39. Invasive Species Specialist Group (IUCN), SGES/Tamaki Campus, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

  40. Herpetology, Island Restoration Science and Research Unit, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 68-908, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand

  41. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand

  42. Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 112, Hamilton, New Zealand

  43. 6 Fraser Rd, Applecross, Western Australia, Australia

  44. Conservation International-Indonesia Jl. Pejaten Barat 16 A, Kemang, Jakarta - 12550, Indonesia

  45. Tropical Resources Institute, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 370 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, U.S.A.

  46. 2 Andrew Street, Stratford QLD 4870, Australia

  47. Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles, Seychelles

  48. University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, 133 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge CB1 7BX, UK

  49. WWF Madagascar and Field Museum of Natural History, BP 738, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  50. Field Museum of Natural History, Lakeshore Drive at Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60605, U.S.A.

  51. University of Antananarivo, Department of Biology, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar

  52. Conservation International-Madagascar BP 5178, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar

  53. Institute of Biology,University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

  54. Conservation International-Philippines 5 South Lawin, Philam Homes, Quezon City, 1104, Philippines

  55. ICRAF, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

  56. Department of Anthropology, Hunter College of CUNY, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, U.S.A.

  57. Department of Experimental Ecology (Bio III), University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, D – 89069 Ulm, Germany

  58. Department of Nature and Forest Management, University of Professional Education Larenstein P.O.Box 9001, 6880 GB Velp, The Netherlands

  59. Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Biocenter of the University, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

  60. Van der Heimstraat 52 2582 SB Den Haag, The Netherlands

  61. Institut Méditerranéen d’Écologie et de Paléoécologie (IMEP, CNRS UMR 6116), Université d’Aix-Marseille III, Europole méditerranéen de l’Arbois, Bâtiment Villemin BP 80. F - 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 04, France

  62. Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115

  63. Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 106

  64. WWF-US Conservation Science Programme, 1250 24th Street, NW, Washington DC, U.S.A.

  65. UNDP-GEF Eastern Arc Strategy Project, P.O. Box 298, Morogoro, Tanzania

  66. Wildlife Conservation Society, P.O. Box 7487, Kampala, Uganda

  67. Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, P.O. Box 23400 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  68. Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK

  69. Environment and Social Development Sector, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC, 20433, U.S.A.

  70. BirdLife Indonesia, Jalan Dadali 32, Box 310 Boo, Bogor 16161, Indonesia

  71. IUCN/SSC Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Krimweg 125, 7351 TL Hoenderloo, The Netherlands

  72. Conservation Biology Building, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China

  73. Wildlife Conservation Society, P.O. Box 1475, Mbeya, Tanzania

  74. Makerere Institute for Environment and Natural Resources, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  75. World Wildlife Fund-Eastern Africa Regional Programme, Office International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Box 30772, Nyayo Stadium 00506, Nairobi, Kenya

  76. WWF EARPO, P.O. Box 62440, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya

  77. World Wildlife Fund-Tanzania Programme Office, P.O. Box 63117, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  78. Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, P.O. Box 23410, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  79. UNDP-GEF Regional Bureau for Africa, P.O. Box 1041 Arusha, Tanzania

  80. The Hermitage, Crewkerne, Somerset, UK

  81. Programa Especial de Seguridad Alimentaria, FAO (TCOS), Sololá, Guatemala

  82. 9 Southerwood, Norwich NR 6 6 JN, England

  83. The National Herbarium Addis Abeba, University P.O. Box 3434 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  84. Centre for Ecology, Law and Policy Environment Department, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK

  85. MNRT, P.O. Box 9372, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  86. Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International, c/o IUCN, P.O. Box 68200, Langata 00200, Nairobi, Kenya

  87. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, U.S.A.

  88. Centre for Wildlife Studies, Jayanagar, Block VII, Bangalore, INDIA 560082

  89. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, 95 Cotta Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka

  90. Rainforest Research Station, Valparai, India 642127

  91. World Wildlife Fund, 25 Araliya Mawatha, Sirimal Guyana, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka

  92. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India

  93. Center for Conservation and Government CI -Japan, P.O. Box 1502 c/o McDonald’s Company (Japan), Ltd. Shinjuku i-Land Tower 39F 6-5-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo 163-1339, Japan

  94. Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 01238, U.S.A.

  95. Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden in Hong Kong, 44 Hampden Road, Kingston KT1 3HG, UK

  96. South China Biodiversity Team, Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Corporation, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong

  97. University of Idaho, Department of Fish and Wildlife, College of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 441136, Moscow, Idaho 83844-1136, U.S.A.

  98. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK

  99. Conservation International-Mesoamérica, Apdo. Postal 2365 - 2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica

  100. 3212 Redwood Drive Apts., CA 95003, U.S.A.

  101. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.

  102. Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A.

  103. California Natural Diversity Database, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, Department of Fish and Game, 1807-13th Street, Suite 202 Sacramento, CA 95814, U.S.A.

  104. University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building, #2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465, U.S.A.

  105. Center for Biodiveristy Conservation - Andes, Perú- Program, Malecón de la Reserva 281, Lima 18, Peru

  106. Center for Biodiveristy Conservation -Andes Venezuela Program, Av. San Juan Bosco, Edif. San Juan, Piso 8, Ofic. 8A, Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela

  107. Center for Biodiveristy Conservation- Andes, Bolivia Program, C. Pinilla, 291 San Jorge, La Paz, Bolivia

  108. World Wildlife Fund-Caucasus Programme Office, 11 M. Aleksidze St., 0193 Tbilisi, Georgia

  109. Institute of Zoology of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, 31 Chavchavadze St., 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia

  110. Department of Ecology, Tbilisi State University, University str. 2, Tbilisi, Georgia

  111. University of Queensland, Australia

  112. Australian Wildlife Conservancy, P.O. Box 154, Redlynch QLD 4870, Australia

  113. Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland Herbarium), Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha Toowong QLD, 4066, Australia

  114. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 834, Atherton QLD 4883, Australia

  115. Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University, P.O. Box 6811 Cairns QLD 4870, Australia

  116. Australian Wildlife Conservancy, P.O. Box 1897, West Perth WA 6872, Australia

  117. Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA 16802-5301, U.S.A.

  118. Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458-5126, U.S.A.

  119. Grupo Jaragua El Vergel 33, El Vergel. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

  120. Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, U.S.A.

  121. Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Fellow, Conservation International, Willemstad, Curaçao

  122. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Miami, FL 33156-4233, U.S.A.

  123. Florida International University, U.S.A.

  124. 3 Acre Street, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 8JS, UK

  125. Institute of Zoology, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, A. Niyazov str., 1 Tashkent 700095, Uzbekistan

  126. CMEB, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile

  127. CASEB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Casilla 114-D., Santiago, Chile

  128. Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile

  129. CMEB and Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla, 160-C, Concepción, Chile

  130. CEAZA, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena, Casilla 599, La Serena, Chile

  131. CMEB y Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Magallanes, Casilla 113-D, Punta Arenas, Chile

  132. Selmar Schönland Herbarium, Botany Department, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 101, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa

  133. Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit, Department of Botany University of Port Elizabeth, P.O. Box 1600, Port Elizabeth 6000, South Africa

  134. Department of Botany, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa

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Preface: CEMEX› ‹Preface: Peter A. Seligmann› ‹Preface: Patricio Robles Gil› ‹Foreword: Harrison Ford› ‹Introduction› ‹An Update of Existing Hotspots› ‹Tropical Andes› ‹Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena› ‹Atlantic Forest› ‹Cerrado› ‹Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests› ‹Mesoamerica› ‹Caribbean Islands› ‹California Floristic Province› ‹Guinean Forests of West Africa› ‹Cape Floristic Region› ‹Succulent Karoo› ‹Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands› ‹Mediterranean Basin› ‹Caucasus› ‹Western Ghats and Sri Lanka› ‹Mountains of Southwest China› ‹Sundaland› ‹Wallacea› ‹Philippines› ‹Southwest Australia› ‹New Zealand› ‹New Caledonia› ‹Polynesia-Micronesia› ‹Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands› ‹Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany› ‹Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa› ‹Eastern Afromontane› ‹Eastern Arc Mountains and Southern Rift› ‹Albertine Rift› ‹Ethiopian Highlands› ‹Horn of Africa› ‹Irano-Anatolian› ‹Mountains of Central Asia› ‹ Himalaya› ‹Indo-Burma› ‹Japan› ‹East Melanesian Islands› ‹Taiwan› ‹Queensland Wet Tropics› ‹References› ‹Addresses› ‹Acknowledgements› ‹Image Captions and Photographer Credits