From Edward O. Wilson, world-renowned natural scientist and pioneer in efforts to preserve and protect global biodiversity:

There are three levels of biodiversity that we’re trying to save: ecosystems, then the species in the ecosystems, and then the genes that prescribe traits of the species that make up the ecosystem…

Explore here the OneEarth ecoregions and IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology and their cited local human pressures.

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AA


OneEarth Ecoregions

Australasia


AN


OneEarth Ecoregions

Antarctica


AT


OneEarth Ecoregions

Afrotropics


CA


OneEarth Ecoregions

Central America & Caribbean


CE


OneEarth Ecoregions

Central Eurasia


EE


OneEarth Ecoregions

Eastern Eurasia


IN


OneEarth Ecoregions

Indomalaya


NA


OneEarth Ecoregions

Northern America


OC


OneEarth Ecoregions

Oceania


SA


OneEarth Ecoregions

Southern America


SCA


OneEarth Ecoregions

Subarctic America


SCE


OneEarth Ecoregions

Subarctic Eurasia


SE


OneEarth Ecoregions

Southern Eurasia


WE


OneEarth Ecoregions

Western Eurasia


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F

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Freshwater


FM

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Freshwater-Marine


M

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Marine


MFT

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Marine-Freshwater-Terrestrial


MT

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Marine-Terrestrial


S

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Subterranean


SF

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Subterranean-Freshwater


SM

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Subterranean-Marine


T

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Terrestrial


TF

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Terrestrial-Freshwater


Note: Images generated using OpenAI (2026).

Citations

One Earth Bioregions Framework, One Earth. {2023} Los Angeles, CA. https://www.oneearth.org/bioregions-2023/

Keith, D. A., J. R. Ferrer-Paris, E. Nicholson, M. Bishop, B. A, Polidoro, E. Ramirez-Llodra, M. G. Tozer, J. L. Nel, R. Mac Nally, E. J. Gregr, K. E. Watermeyer, F. Essl, D. Faber-Langendoen, J. Franklin, C. E. R. Lehmann, A. Etter, D. J. Roux, J. S. Stark, J. A. Rowland, N. A. Brummitt, U. C. Fernandez-Arcaya, I. M. Suthers, S. K. Wiser, I. Donohue, L. J. Jackson, R. T. Pennington, N. Pettorelli, A. Andrade, A. Lindgaard, T. Tahvanainen, A. Terauds, M. A. Chadwick, N. J. Murray, J. Moat, P. Pliscoff, I. Zager, and R. T. Kingsford (2022) A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems Nature 610, 513–518. DOI:10.1038/s41586-022-05318-4. Online at https://global-ecosystems.org/


Why And Biodiversity? To learn of transformative change:


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Agroforestry

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Cultural
Values

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Knowledge
Systems

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Education
Curricula

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Strategic
Actions

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Push-pull
Cropping

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Community
Areas

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Social
Norms

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Nature
Connectedness

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Divese
Coalitions