PRIORITY PLACES As we pursue our global thematic goals, we'll continue to strengthen our field work and presence on the ground, focusing our efforts on the most important places for conservation. These 35 priority places are home to irreplaceable and threatened biodiversity and unique ecosystems. 1 African Rift Lakes Region 13 Coral Triangle 2 Altai-Sayan Montane Forests 14 Eastern Himalayas 3 Amazon and Guianas 15 Fynbos 4 Amur-Heilong 16 Galapagos 5 Arctic Seas (plus boreal/tundra) 17 Greater Black Sea Basin 6 Atlantic Forests 18 Lake Baikal 7 Borneo 19 Madagascar 8 Cerrado-Pantanal 20 Mediterranean Chihuahuan Deserts and Freshwater 21 Mekong Complex 22 Miombo Woodlands 9 10 Choco-Darien 23 11 Coastal East Africa Namib-Karoo-Kaokoveld 24 12 Congo Basin New Guinea and Offshore Islands 25 Northern Great Plains 5 26 Orinoco River and Flooded forests 27 Southeastern Rivers and Streams 28 Southern Chile 29 Southern Ocean 30 Southwest Australia 31 Southwest Pacific 32 Sumatra 33 West Africa Marine 34 Western Ghats 35 Yangtze Basin 5 5 18 2 25 27 9 17 20 14 35 21 33 16 4 34 10 26 12 3 6 8 28 1 22 32 7 13 24 11 19 23 15 31 30 29 29 29 29 WWF Annual Review 2016 | page 7