Southwest Australia Ecoregion Program - WWF Conservation Projects (sitios de interés)

Stirling Ranges, Southwest Australia Ecoregion, an area with particularly high plant diversity under threat by the dieback disease (Phytophthora cinnamomi) and climate change. © WWF Australia / Richard McLellan

The Southwest Australia Ecoregion (SAE) Initiative is a collaborative project involving a variety of agencies and organisations commited to working collaboratively in one of the world's top 25 biodiversity hotspots. The Southwest Australia Ecoregion encompasses 10 distinct biogeographic regions - ranging from the Northern sandplain heaths to the Swan coastal plains and wetlands, from the tall forests in the Southwest to the woodlands and granites of the Wheatbelt, and the mallee and heaths of the South coast. The Southwest Australia Ecoregion is characterised by 'an exceptional concentration of endemic species undergoing an exceptional loss of habitat'.

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