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Bahuaja-Sonene National Park of Peru is part of the largest multinational tropical protected area in the world. It protects an area comprised of tropical rain forest, savanna, flooded grasslands, hills and mountains; harboring some of the wildest and least impacted habitats in the world.

Cordillera Occidental

The Cordillera Occidental or Western Cordillera of Bolivia is a mountain range situated in extreme western Bolivia, forming a natural border with Chile.

Beginning in the north at Juqhuri on the border with Peru and ending in the south at the Licancabur volcano, the extent of the Cordillera Occidental is approximately 700 km (435 mi).

The Cordillera Oriental of Bolivia is part of the Andes Mountains system. It is the easternmost of Bolivia's two main ranges and separates the lowlands of the Amazon river basin to the east from the Altiplano to the west. The northern section of the range is known as the Cordillera Real.

The Bosques de Neblina - Selva Central Biosphere Reserve is located in the Amazon basin of central Peru, in a transition zone between the eastern slopes of the Andes and the Amazon. Harboring four emblematic Peruvian ecosystems, it is home to a high level of biological and cultural diversity.

Tambopata National Reserve of southeastern Peru is a massive subtropical rain forest reserve with forested hills, plains, swamps, oxbow lakes and meandering rivers. Its great wildlife diversity is due to its location at the confluence of lowland Amazon forest with three other ecosystems.

The Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir Pine-oak Forests ecoregion is located on the northern part of the Baja Peninsula in northwestern Mexico. The ecoregion covers the higher elevations of these two mountain ranges that are part of the Peninsular Ranges System.

Lake Poopó was the second largest lake in Bolivia and along with Lake Uru Uru, received most of its water from the Desaguadero River which flows from Lake Titicaca. By 2016, the lakes had lost nearly all of their waters due to glacial melt and water diversion for mining and agriculture.

The Hispaniolan moist forests ecoregion is a tropical broadleaf forest on the island of Hispaniola. These wet forests maintain distinct flora and fauna, with many unique species. Originally, these forests covered about 60% of the original vegetation on the island.