Back Novkaledoniaj pluvarbaroj Esperanto Selvas tropicales de Nueva Caledonia Spanish Forêts pluviales de Nouvelle-Calédonie French Regenwouden van Nieuw-Caledonië Dutch Тропические леса Новой Каледонии Russian Дощові ліси Нової Каледонії Ukrainian
| New Caledonia rain forests | |
|---|---|
 Tree ferns on Isle of Pines | |
 Ecoregion territory (in purple) | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Australasian realm |
| Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
| Geography | |
| Area | 14,001 km2 (5,406 sq mi) |
| Countries | New Caledonia |
| Coordinates | 21°29′S 165°39′E / 21.49°S 165.65°E |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
| Protected | 7,872 km2%[1] |
The New Caledonia rain forests are a terrestrial ecoregion, located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion, part of the Australasian realm. [2] [3] [4]
- ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
- ^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "New Caledonia rain forests". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "New Caledonia rain forests". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved August 20, 2021.