Best Protected Landscape
The Quantock Hills are a range of hills in Somerset, England, extending from the Vale of Taunton toward the Bristol Channel. Their landscape combines sandstone uplands, heath, wooded combes, farmland, and views across the surrounding countryside and coast. In 1956 the Quantocks became England's firs...
The Bowland Fells are an area of upland moorland located in Lancashire and North Yorkshire in England. This landscape is characterized by its gritstone geology and extensive tracts of blanket bog and heather. As the central part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the area i...
The Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands form one of the largest and most extensive blanket bog systems in the world, covering approximately 4,000 square kilometers of northern Scotland. This landscape, commonly known as the Flow Country, consists of deep accumulations of partially decayed vegetation...
Jalapão is a distinct cerrado savanna region located in the eastern part of the state of Tocantins, Brazil. This protected landscape is characterized by massive golden sand dunes, quartzite crystal outcrops, and unique seasonal waterfalls like Cachoeira da Velha. It serves as a significant ecotouris...
Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Bog is a central Irish peatland region notable for extensive raised bogs near the early monastic site of Clonmacnoise.
The Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape is a significant conservation area situated on the island of Bohol in the Philippines. Encompassing a series of inland limestone karst formations, it protects one of the country's largest remaining tracts of lowland dipterocarp and molave rainforest. The protec...
Long Island Central Pine Barrens is a pitch-pine and scrub-oak region in Suffolk County, New York, protected by state legislation enacted in 1993.
