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Northern Annamites
Proportion of the area of the contribution comprising Key Biodiversity Areas: 23.5%
The Greater Annamites has the highest concentration of endemic species for a continental area in the world and is ranked as one of the world’s 200 most important bioregions. The area is also home to the Saola, one of Southeast Asia’s most elusive as well as one of the worlds rarest large mammals.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.