South America

The Uruguayan savanna is a subtropical grassland and savanna ecoregion that extends from the extreme southern part of the Rio Grande do Sul, a Brazilian state, to include the entire country of Uruguay and a small section of the Argentinean province of Entre Ríos.

The Utría National Natural Park contains diverse flora and fauna in a lush, mountainous rain forest environment with some of the highest rainfall in the world. Located on the Pacific coast of Colombia, the park overlaps indigenous territory and includes fishing villages along the coast.

The Valdivian temperate forests ecoregion is located in the southern cone of South America. It covers a narrow continental strip between the western slope of the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. The forests are characterized by their dense understories of bamboos, ferns, and evergreen trees.

The Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site encompasses the entirety of Jornal do Comércio Square. It is in the former harbor area of Rio de Janeiro in which the old stone wharf was built for the landing of enslaved Africans reaching the South American continent from 1811 onward.

The Venezuelan Andes Montane Forests ecoregion is located in the northern arm of the Andes. Surrounded by xeric valleys and páramo, the richness of species and large number of endemic species make this ecoregion one of the most interesting areas of Venezuela in terms of biodiversity.

Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, Chile's first, was established in 1926. It comprises some of the most sensational scenery in the Lake District: the emerald Lago Todos Los Santos, the thundering turquoise waters of the Saltos de Petrohué, and the imposing peaks of the area’s three main volcanoes.

Villarrica National Park is located in the Andes, in the La Araucanía and Los Ríos regions of Chile. The park protects Valdivian temperate rain forest habitat and is part of the Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes Biosphere Reserve. Highlights are the three volcanoes Villarrica, Quetrupillán and Lanín.

The Yabotí Biosphere Reserve is located in Argentina's Misiones province. The reserve is part of the Misiones Rainforest Corridor within the Brazilian rain forest region which is home to some of the most traditional villages of the Guaraní peoples of Paraguay, Argentina and southern Brazil.

Yacurí National Park is located in Ecuador bordering the provinces of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe. The park contains a variety of ecosystems: Southern Andean Brush Plains, High Altitude Eastern Andean Evergreen Forest, Southern Andean Dry Mountain Bushes and Eastern Andean Cloud Forest.

The Yasuní National Park and Biosphere Reserve is situated in the Amazonian region of northern Ecuador. Arguably the most biologically diverse spot on earth, it occupies an area within the claimed ancestral territory of the Huaorani indigenous people. Yasuní is also home to two uncontacted indigenous tribes.