Ecoregion conservation status


Conservation status is a measure used in conservation biology to assess an ecoregion's degree of habitat alteration and habitat conservation. It is used to set priorities for conservation.
Conservation status and biological distinctiveness were the two measures used by the World Wildlife Fund to develop the Global 200, a list of high-priority ecoregions for conservation, and for the WWF's conservation assessments at continent scale.
Ecoregions are classified into one of three broad categories: "critical/endangered", "vulnerable", or "relatively stable/relatively intact". The WWF's conservation status index is determined by analyzing four factors:
Additional factors considered for the Global 200 include degree of habitat degradation, degree of protection needed, degree of urgency for conservation needs, and types of conservation practiced or required.