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Conservation Outcomes
Caribbean Islands Hotspot
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Key Biodiversity Areas in the Caribbean Islands Hotspot
The Caribbean Islands Hotspot consists mainly of
three large groups of islands between North and
South America: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles
(Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, and Hispaniola, which
includes the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and the
Lesser Antilles (an arc of islands in the eastern
Caribbean Sea and in the southern Caribbean Sea
just north of South America). While the hotspot spans
more than 4 million km² of ocean, it covers only about
230,000 km² of land area, with the four islands of
Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico making
up around 90 percent of the land area.
200
kilometers
scale : 1/4,000,000
projection: Albers Equal Area Conic
central meridian 72.5° west longitude
standard parallels 15° & 24° north latitude
hotspot boundary
Key Biodiversity Area, CEPF Priority*
C a ri b b e a n Is l a n d s H o t s p o t
BHS8
protected area
†
country border (marine)
(terrestrial)
Gustavia
town
(national capitals underlined)
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contain globally-threatened species that require sitescale conservation to prevent extinction in the shortto medium-term. The IUCN (International Union for
the Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened
Species documents 792 species that are listed as
Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable in
the Caribbean Islands Hotspot.
Today, no more than 23,000 km², or 10% of the
original vegetation, remains in a pristine state in the
hotspot. By percentage, amphibians and mammals
are the most threatened of the taxonomic groups
assessed by the IUCN, at 77 percent and 39 percent
respectively. The Alliance for Zero Extinction, a joint
initiative of 67 biodiversity conservation organizations
dedicated to preventing the imminent extinction of the
world’s most threatened species, has identified the
last remaining sites for 69 threatened species in the
Caribbean Islands Hotspot. Among these sites is
Haiti’s Massif de la Hotte, a KBA that is the only home
for 15 globally-threatened species. Other sites in the
hotspot also contain large numbers of globallythreatened species, such as Cockpit Country and
Litchfield Mountain — Matheson's Run in Jamaica,
which have 58 and 44 globally-threatened species,
respectively.
A total of 284 KBAs were identified for threatened
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, sea turtles, and
plants in the Caribbean. The number and boundaries
of KBAs in the region will undoubtedly grow as
improved information becomes available on these
and other taxonomic groups, such as freshwater fish
and invertebrates.KBA boundaries were delineated
based on information on the habitat requirements of
species, natural borders such as altitudinal levels or
ecotones, and management units such as existing
protected areas.
The Caribbean Islands Hotspot supports a wealth of
biodiversity within its terrestrial ecosystems, with a
high proportion of species found nowhere else on
Earth. It includes about 11,000 plant species, of which
72% are endemics. For vertebrates, remarkably high
proportions of endemic species characterize the
herpetofauna (100% of 189 amphibian species and
95% of 520 reptile species), likely due to their low
dispersal rates, in contrast to the more mobile birds
(26% of 564 species) and mammals (74% of 69
species). Species endemic to the hotspot represent
2.6% of the world’s 300,000 known plant species and
3.5% of the world’s 27,298 known vertebrate species.
Key Biodiversity Area*
MTQ5
6 Puerto Rico
scale: 1:850,000
* Key Biodiversity Areas are targets for achieving site-level conservation outcomes.
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IUCN Categories Ia, Ib, II-VI
data:
Bahamas National Trust
Bath University
BirdLife International
Conservation International, Science & Knowledge Division
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Global Shoreline Database, January 2001, Veridian (GDAIS)
Grupo Jaragua
New York Botanical Garden
Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña
Société Audubon Haïti
TNC — Caribbean Program
VMap0, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Windsor Research Centre
World Database of Protected Areas, 2011
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66°30'W
PRI1
Arecibo
18°30'N
18°30'N
PRI5
PRI8
PRI15
R I C O
Mayaguez
PRI18
PRI27
PRI25
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PRI24
18°N
PRI3
PRI23
PRI13
PRI16
PRI2
75°W
80°W
67°W
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10
66°30'W
Anegada
VGB1
20
66°W
8 St. Croix
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kilometers
BHS17
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10
kilometers
VIR7
VGB4
(UK)
BHS19
GULF OF
MEXICO
BHS20
BHS24
Andros
Island
U.S.
VIRGIN
ISLANDS
Nassau
25°N
BHS21
BHS1
BHS2 Cat
Island
BHS7
BHS10
VIR5
BHS8
CUB25
VIR3
St. John
ANGUILLA
The
Valley
MAF1
kilometers
Grand
Cayman
20°N
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CYM3
(UK)
George
Town
CYM6
CYM4
CYM7
2 Cayman Islands East
scale: 1:500,000
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5
10
kilometers
Little Cayman
CYM8
0
CYM1 Cayman
Brac
85°W
CUB8
G
CAYMAN
ISLANDS
Great Inagua Island
CUB22
R
2 Cayman Islands East
CUB28
CUB10
E
Cayman
3 Jamaica
JAMAICA
CUB15
A
T
5
10
E
(UK)
Vieques
PRI27
PRI20
(UK)
SINT MAARTEN
PUERTO RICO
(USA)
A
I
L
(NLD)
E
S
C o n s e rv a t i o n O u t c o m e s
JAM35
JAM19
JAM28
Kingston
JAM4
18°N
JAM5
Aruba
ABW1 Arikok National Park
JAM38
JAM27
77°30'W
Antigua and Barbuda
ATG1 Bethesda Dam
ATG2 Christian Cove
ATG3 Codrington Lagoon and the Creek
ATG4 Fitches Creek Bay
ATG5 Hanson's Bay - Flashes
ATG6 McKinnons Salt Pond
* ATG7 Offshore Islands
ATG8 Potworks Dam
ATG9 Valley Church Bay
ATG10 Wallings Forest
JAM30
JAM2
JAM13
Bahamas
BHS1 Allan's Cays
BHS2 Bitter Guana Cay
* BHS3 Booby Cay
BHS4 Cat Island Wetlands
BHS5 Cay Sal
BHS6 East Plana Key
BHS7 Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park
* BHS8 Graham's Harbour
BHS9 Great Inagua
BHS10 Green Cay
BHS11 Grog Pond
BHS12 Guana Cays
BHS13 Harrold and Wilson Ponds National Park
BHS14 Lee Stocking Island
BHS15 Long Island and Hog Cay
BHS16 Low Cay, High Cay, and Sandy Hook
BHS17 Lucayan National Park
BHS18 Mangrove Cay
BHS19 Red Bays
BHS20 San Andros Pond
BHS21 San Salvador
BHS22 South Andros Island
* BHS23 Southern Great Lake
BHS24 Stafford Creek to Andros Town
BHS25 White Bay, Noddy, North Adderley and Leaf Cays
BHS26 White Cay
76°30'W
77°W
HTI6
72°30'W
70°W
20°N
HTI16
HTI7
HTI15
Cap
Haïtien
DOM13
DOM18
HTI9
HTI14
HTI2
HTI4
HTI12
Puerto
Plata
DOM28
DOM25
DOM24
DOM5
Santiago
DOM16
DOM12
DOM15
DOM20
HAITI
H i s p a DOM30
niola
HTI3
DOM32
HTI5
HTI1
kilometers
25
HTI11
DOM31
DOM10
Barahona
DOM29
DOM6
Santo
Domingo
DOM11
DOM9
La Romana
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100
DOM2
17°30'N
17°30'N
72°30'W
70°W
DOM7
DOM21
DOM22
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DOM27
DOM1
DOM3
5 Hispaniola
scale: 1:2,000,000
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Jacmel
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
DOM14
HTI8
DOM8
HTI13
DOM17
Bonao
DOM23
HTI17
Port-au-Prince
DOM19
DOM26
Roster of Key Biodiversity Areas
* CEPF priority
ARUBA
Oranjestad
Anguilla
AIA1 Cove Pond
AIA2 Eastern Anguilla
AIA3 Grey Pond
AIA4 Katouche Canyon
AIA5 Long Pond
AIA6 Scrub Island
JAM14
Spanish Town
May Pen
JAM20
JAM7
L E S S E R
DOM4
Barbados
BRB1 Bath Beach
BRB2 Hilton Beach
* BRB3 Scotland District
BRB4 South Coast Beaches
BRB5 West Coast Beaches
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
BES1 Boven, Sint Eustatius
BES2 Dos Pos, Bonaire
BES3 Lac Bay, Bonaire
BES4 Saba
BES5 The Quill, Sint Eustatius
BES6 Washikemba-Fontein-Onima, Bonaire
BES7 Washington-Slagbaai National Park, Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
VGB1 Anegada Island
VGB2 Guana Island
VGB3 Little Thatch Island
VGB4 Necker Island
VGB5 Sage Mountain Area
VGB6 Virgin Gorda
ABW1
BONAIRE
A
N
(NLD)
20 Bonaire
T
14 Dominica
scale: 1:750,000
15 Martinique
scale: 1:750,000
L
MTQ1
DMA2
AN
DS
MTQ6
14 Dominica
DOMINICA
DOMINICA
DMA3
Roseau
(FR)
MTQ5
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16 Saint
Lucia
18 Barbados
17 St. Vincent
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10
20
DMA4
kilometers
SAINT
LUCIA
16 Saint Lucia
scale: 1:750,000
BARBADOS
LCA6
ST. VINCENT
AND THE
GRENADINES
Dominican Republic
DOM1 Arroyo Lebrón, El Seybo
DOM2 Bahía de las Calderas
* DOM3 Bahoruco Oriental
DOM4 Cabo Engaño
DOM5 Cerros de Chacuey
DOM6 Honduras
DOM7 Hoyo Claro - Hoyo Azul
* DOM8 Lago Enriquillo
DOM9 Laguna Bávaro
DOM10 Laguna Cabral
DOM11 Laguna Limón
* DOM12 Loma Guaconejo
DOM13 Loma Isabel de Torres
* DOM14 Loma La Humeadora
* DOM15 Loma Nalga de Maco y Río Limpio
* DOM16 Loma Quita Espuela
* DOM17 Los Haitises
DOM18 Manglares de Estero Balsa
DOM19 Manglares del Bajo Yuna
* DOM20 Parque Nacional Armando Bermúdez
DOM21 Parque Nacional del Este
* DOM22 Parque Nacional Jaragua
* DOM23 Parque Nacional Jose del Carmen Ramirez
DOM24 Pico de Diego de Ocampo
DOM25 Promontorio de Cabrera
* DOM26 Reserva Científica Ébano Verde
DOM27 Río Anamuya, La Altagracia
DOM28 Salto de la Damajagua
* DOM29 Sierra de Bahoruco
DOM30 Sierra de Neyba
DOM31 Sierra Martín García
* DOM32 Valle Nuevo
Grenada
GRD1 Bathway Beach
* GRD2 Beausejour/Grenville Vale
GRD3 Grand Etang
GRD4 Levera Beach
* GRD5 Mount Hartman
GRD6 Mount Saint Catherine
GRD7 Perseverance
GRD8 Woodford
GRD9 Woodlands
Cavaillon
Citadelle
Dame-Marie
Dubédou
Fond-des-Nègres
Forêt de l'Ile de la Tortue
Ilet Bas Limbe
Lac Azuéi
Lagon-aux-Boeufs
Massif de la Hotte
Massif de la Selle
Morne Bailly
Pic Tête Boeuf
Plaisance
Presqu'île du Nord-Ouest I
Presqu'île du Nord-Ouest II
Trou Caïman
Jamaica
* JAM1 Black River Great Morass
JAM2 Blue Mountains
* JAM3 Bluefields
* JAM4 Brazilletto Mountains
JAM5 Bull Bay
* JAM6 Catadupa
JAM7 Caymanas
* JAM8 Cockpit Country
* JAM9 Dolphin Head
JAM10 Don Figerero Mountains
JAM11 Font Hill Beach
JAM12 Great River
* JAM13 Hellshire Hills
JAM14 John Crow Mountains
JAM15 Johnson Mountain Hills
JAM16 Kellets Camperdown Area
* JAM17 Litchfield Mountain — Matheson's Run
JAM18 Main Ridge
JAM19 May Pen
JAM20 Milk River
JAM21 Mocho Mountains
JAM22 Mount Diablo
JAM23 Negril
JAM24 North Coast Forest
* JAM25 Peckham Woods
JAM26 Point Hill
* JAM27 Portland Ridge and Bight
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10
20
MTQ2
17 St. Vincent
scale: 1:500,000
5
Castries
LCA3
SA I N T
L UC I A
LCA1
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5
10
kilometers
VCT5
SAINT
VINCENT
LCA2
VCT7
VCT6
VCT2 VCT1
AND THE
GRENADINES
VCT3
VCT4
Kingstown
LCA5
60°W
Haiti
HTI1
* HTI2
* HTI3
HTI4
HTI5
HTI6
HTI7
HTI8
HTI9
* HTI10
* HTI11
* HTI12
HTI13
* HTI14
HTI15
HTI16
HTI17
MTQ8
kilometers
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10
20
kilometers
65°W
Dominica
DMA1 Cochrane
DMA2 Morne Diablotin National Park
DMA3 Morne Trois Pitons National Park
DMA4 Point Des Foux
MTQ4
MARTINIQUE
LCA4
70°W
Guadeloupe
GLP1 Côte Est du Grand Cul-de-Sac marin
GLP2 Falaises Nord et l’Ilet de Vieux-Fort de
Marie-Galante
GLP3 Forêt-Galerie de Baie-Mahault
GLP4 Ilets de la Petite-Terre
GLP5 La Désirade
GLP6 Massif forestier de la Basse-Terre
GLP7 Pointe des Châteaux
GLP8 Trois-Ilets et Folle-Anse de Marie-Galante
Fort-de-France
15 Martinique
(FR)
GRENADA
19 Grenada
I L
L E S
MTQ3
DMA1
15°N
10
Cayman Islands
CYM1 Bluff Forest
CYM2 Booby Pond Nature Reserve
CYM3 Botanic Park and Salina Reserve
CYM4 Central Mangrove Wetland
CYM5 Crown Wetlands
CYM6 Easten Dry Forest
CYM7 Franklin's Forest
CYM8 Sparrowhawk Hill
MTQ7
(FR)
N D S
I S L A
JAM21
JAM33
20°N
11 Antigua
13 Guadeloupe
R D
W A
N D
W I
20
JAM32
JAM29
JAM1
78°W
25
IS
S
L E
I L
JAM26
JAM11
18°N
Antigua
GUADELOUPE
T
15
MarieGalante
GLP8
(UK)
N
JAM31
JAM16
JAM18
JAM10
Les
Cayes
D
GLP2
MONTSERRAT
A
S E A
SAINT KITTS
AND
NEVIS
12 Montserrat
R
10
JAM36
JAM22
JAM34
JAM25
HTI10
10 Saba and
Sint Eustatius
E
L
( FR)
ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA
KNA1
SINT
EUSTATIUS
R
T
GUADELOUPE
Barbuda
A
N
GLP4
ATG3
(NLD)
8 St. Croix
GLP7
Basse-Terre
(FR)
W
5
76°30'W
JAM6
GLP5
SAINT BARTHELEMY
E
0
J A M A I C A
JAM3
20
SAINT MARTIN (FR)
(USA)
S
5
JAM17
10
BasseTerre
SABA
3 Jamaica
scale: 1:750,000
kilometers
JAM15
0
ANGUILLA
U.S.
VIRGIN
ISLANDS
75°W
77°W
JAM8
MSR3
Plymouth
13 Guadeloupe
scale: 1:750,000
9 Anguilla and
St. Martin
LE
80°W
JAM12
JAM9
BLM3
MARTINIQUE
JAM37
(U K )
AN T I GU A
AN D
BA R B U DA
GLP6
PRI11
TCA1
Negril
Gustavia
BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS
15°N
JAM24
M O N T S E R R AT
BLM4
7 Virgin Islands
C A R I B B E A N
18°30'N
ATG2
GLP1
TCA9
JAM23
ATG9
20°N
6 Puerto Rico
R
(UK)
77°30'W
ATG10
kilometers
Isla Mona
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
78°W
ATG8
( NL D )
60°W
TCA4
Montego
Bay
S I N T E U S TAT I U S
BLM1
20
MSR1
ATG5 ATG1
10
Hispaniola
TCA2
18°30'N
ANT4
BES5
BLM2
15
MSR2
Saint
John's
BES1
65°W
DOM I NI C A N R E P U B L I C
20
TCA10
kilometers
GLP3
HAITI
5 Hispaniola
Grand
Turk
10
Grande-Terre
kilometers
TCA7
5
ATG7
SAINT
BARTHELEMY
S
10
0
E
TCA6
0
0
ATG6
Saint
Philipsburg Martin
L
10
5
CUB25
4 Turks and Caicos Islands
scale: 1:1,000,000
TCA5
(UK)
CUB1
(UK)
TCA8
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
TURKS AND
CAICOS ISLANDS
15
CUB13
(UK)
CAYMAN ISLANDS
TCA3
•
CUB11
10
kilometers
SAB A
kilometers
CUB4
BHS9
CYM5
CYM2
4 Turks and Caicos
5
(FR)
9 Anguilla and St. Martin
scale: 1:500,000
5
CUB18
0
(FR)
CUB23
CUB9
5
( NL D )
SINT MAARTEN
BHS3
CUB26
20
AIA5
BHS12
CUB19
10
12 Montserrat
scale: 1:250,000
BES4
Marigot
CUB5
CUB2
0
11 Antigua
scale: 1:500,000
kilometers
AIA1
CUB16
note: Site outcomes for Cuba include only IBAs as it was not
possible to incorporate the results of analysis of other
taxonomic groups and consultations with experts for other site
outcomes at this time.
Roster of Cuba's Key Biodiversity Areas
CUB1 Alejandro de Humboldt
CUB2 Alturas de Banao
CUB3 Cayería Centro-Orienteal de Villa Clara
CUB4 Cayo Sabinal, Ballenatos y Manglares de la Bahía de Nuevitas
CUB5 Cayos Romano-Cruz-Megano Grande
CUB6 Ciénaga de Lanier y Sur de la Isla de la Juventud
CUB7 Ciénaga de Zapata
CUB8 Delta del Cauto
CUB9 Delta del Mayarí
CUB10 Desembarco del Granma
CUB11 Giara
CUB12 Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila
CUB13 Gran Piedra - Pico Mogote
CUB14 Guanahacabibes
CUB15 Hatibonico - Baitiquirí - Imías
CUB16 Humedal Sur de Sancti Spiritus
1 Grand
CUB17 Humedal Sur Pinar del Río
CUB18 La Mensura
CUB19 Las Picúas - Cayo del Cristo
CUB20 Limones-Tuabaquey
CUB21 Mil Cumbres
CUB22 Pico Cristal
CUB23 Río Máximo
CUB24 Siboney - Juticí
CUB25 Sierra del Rosario
CUB26 Sierra del Chorrillo
CUB27 Topes de Collantes
CUB28 Turquino-Bayamesa
10
AIA3
AIA4 illa
gu
An
BHS6
CUB12
CUB6
AIA2
SAINT MARTIN
C U B A
CUB27
10 Saba and Sint Eustatius
scale: 1:750,000
AIA6
(UK)
CUB3
CUB7
scale: 1:110,000,000
projection: Albers Equal Area Conic
central meridian 72.5° west longitude
standard parallels 15° & 24° north latitude
BLM3
Long Island
BHS15
BHS26
CUB21
CUB17
VIR4
U.S.
Saint Croix VIRGIN
VIR9 ISLANDS
VGB6
70°W
BHS11
CUB19
VIR12
VIR11
(USA)
VGB5
Charlotte
Amalie
VIR2
BHS16
BHS25
Havana
VIR10
BHS23
BHS14
BHS22
St. Thomas
BHS4
Virgin
Gorda
Tortola
VGB3
VIR6
VGB2
Road
Town
(USA)
BHS13
BHS5
10
VIR1
VIR8
25°N
5
19 August 2011
PRI6
PRI19
B A H A M A S
0
1/4,000,000
PRI7
PRI14
PRI9
85°W
5
PRI12
( U S A )
PRI26
BHS18
1 Grand Cayman
scale: 1:500,000
PRI11
PRI10
PRI22
PRI4
P U E R T O
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
CUB14
PRI21
San
Juan
PRI17
7 Virgin Islands
scale: 1:750,000
this map was produced by the
Conservation Mapping Program
K.Koenig - Cartographer
Conservation International
2011 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
© August 2011 CI
Conservation Outcomes
Caribbean Islands Hotspot
66°W
67°W
18°N
This map depicts site-scale targets for biodiversity
conservation, known as Key Biodiversity Areas
(KBAs), for the Caribbean Islands Hotspot. These are
sites that are globally significant for biodiversity
conservation and are considered actually or
potentially manageable for conservation. KBAs
inset map extent
The main threats to the terrestrial biodiversity of the
insular Caribbean are habitat destruction and
fragmentation due to agriculture, urban tourism and
industrial/commercial development driven by
increasing population and affluence; overexploitation
of living resources; and predation and competition by
invasive alien species. Climate change is an
increasingly significant threat. Targeted conservation
is urgently needed to combat these threats.
Protecting the biodiversity of the region by
safeguarding KBAs may be achieved by declaring
new protected areas, strengthening management of
existing protected areas, working towards
community-based resource management,
implementing ecosystem service payments for
conservation, promoting ecotourism, and other
initiatives.
0
kilometers
18 Barbados
scale: 1:500,000
JAM28
JAM29
JAM30
JAM31
JAM32
JAM33
JAM34
JAM35
JAM36
JAM37
JAM38
Red Ground
Rio Cobre
Rio Grande
Rio Magno
Rio Pedro
Santa Cruz Mountains
Stephney John's Vale — Bull Head
Swift River
Wag Water River
White Rock Hill
Yallahs
Martinique
MTQ1 Forêts du Nord et de la Montagne Pelée
MTQ2 Grand Macabou
MTQ3 Ilets Boisseau et Petit Piton
MTQ4 Mangrove de Fort-de-France
MTQ5 Massif forestier entre Le Diamant et les
Trois-Ilets
MTQ6 Pitons du Carbet
MTQ7 Presqu'île de la Caravelle
MTQ8 Rocher du Diamant
Montserrat
MSR1 Centre Hills
MSR2 Northern Forested Ghauts
MSR3 South Soufrière Hills
Puerto Rico
PRI1 Acantilados del Noroeste
PRI2 Bahía de Jobos
PRI3 Baños de Coamo
PRI4 Bosque de Vega
PRI5 Caño Tiburones
PRI6 Carite
PRI7 Cieba y Naguabo
PRI8 Ciénaga Las Cucharillas
PRI9 Cordillera Central
PRI10 Corredor Ecológico del Noreste
PRI11 Culebra
PRI12 El Yunque
PRI13 Guaniquilla y Boquerón
PRI14 Humacao
PRI15 Karso del Norte
PRI16 Karso del Sur
PRI17 Laguna Tortuguero
PRI18 Las Piedras Chiquitas
PRI19 Maricao y Susúa
PRI20 Mona y Monito
PRI21 Piñones
PRI22 Sabana Seca
PRI23 Salinas de Punta Cucharas
PRI24 Sierra Bermeja y Laguna Cartagena
PRI25 Sierra de Pandura
PRI26 Suroeste
PRI27 Vieques
Saint Barthélemy
BLM1 Colombier
BLM2 Gustavia — Anse Toiny
BLM3 Ile Fourchue et les Iles satellites
BLM4 Petite Islette
BRB3
Saint Kitts and Nevis
KNA1 Cayon to Key
BARBADOS
Saint Lucia
LCA1 Government Forest Reserve
* LCA2 Mandele Dry Forest
* LCA3 Northeast Coast
LCA4 Pitons Management Area
* LCA5 Point Sables
LCA6 Rat Island
Bridgetown
5
Turks and Caicos Islands
TCA1 Caicos Bank Southern Cays
TCA2 Chalk Sound
TCA3 East Bay Islands
TCA4 East Caicos and adjacent areas
TCA5 Fish Ponds and Crossing Place Trail,
Middle Caicos
TCA6 Middle Caicos Forest
TCA7 North, Middle and East Caicos
Ramsar Site
TCA8 Princess Alexandra Land and Sea
TCA9 Salt Cay Creek and Salinas
TCA10 Turks Bank Seabird Cays
U.S. Virgin Islands
VIR1 Buck Island
VIR2 East End Bay
VIR3 Hassel Island
VIR4 Jack and Issac Bays
VIR5 John Brewer's Bay
VIR6 Magens Bay
VIR7 Northwestern St. Croix
VIR8 Protestant Cay
VIR9 Ruth Cay
VIR10 Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge
VIR11 Southgate and Green Cay
VIR12 St. John
0
5
10
BRB2
BRB4
kilometers
Saint Martin
MAF1 Ilet Tintamarre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* VCT1 Colonarie Forest Reserve
* VCT2 Cumberland Forest Reserve
* VCT3 Dalaway Forest Reserve
* VCT4 Kingstown Forest Reserve
* VCT5 La Soufriére National Park
* VCT6 Mount Pleasant Forest Reserve
* VCT7 Richmond Forest Reserve
BRB1
BRB5
19 Grenada
scale: 1:500,000
5
Biodiversity hotspots are regions that
harbor especially high numbers of
endemic species and, at the same
time, have been significantly impacted
by human activities. Each hotspot
faces extreme threats and has already
lost at least 70 percent of its original
natural vegetation. Over 50 percent
of the world’s plant species and 42
percent of all terrestrial vertebrate
species are endemic to the biodiversity
hotspots, making them urgent
priorities for biodiversity conservation
at a global scale.
0
10
GRD4
GRENADA
GRD6
GRD8
GRD3
GRD7 GRD2
Saint
George's
GRD9
GRD5
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
(CEPF) is a joint initiative of Conservation
International, the Global Environment Facility,
the Government of Japan, the MacArthur
Foundation, L'Agence Française de
Développement and the World Bank. A
fundamental goal of CEPF is to ensure civil
society is engaged in biodiversity conservation.
The political and geographic designations
shown on this map do not imply the expression
of any opinion on behalf of CEPF or any of its
partners concerning the legal status or
deliniation of the frontiers of any country,
territory or area.
5
kilometers
BES7
BES6
BES2
BONAIRE
(NLD)
20 Bonaire
scale: 1:500,000
5
0
kilometers
5
BES3
10
GRD1