As the gaps studies as well as more focused thematic studies often lead to inscriptions I thought a summary of such remaining gaps is of interest. Current T-lists are listed for each gap.
Bioms:
1) Andaman Sea - Myeik Archipelago (Myanmar), Narcondam Island (India) 2) Benguella Current - Benguella marine ecosystem sites (Namibia) 3) Fiji (marine) - none 4) Karoo Desert - Succulent Karoo protected areas (Namibia and South Africa) 5) Maldives-Chagos Atolls - none 6) New Caledonia dry and moist forests - none 7) Red Sea - Ras Mohammed (Egypt) 8) Sudd-Sahelian Savannah and flooded grasslands - Lake Chad (Chad, Cameroon, Niger) 9) Tahiti - none 10) Volga and Lena river deltas - none
Habitats:
11) Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania) 12) Atlas Mountains - Ajgal (Morocco), Talassemtane (Morocco) 13) East African mangroves - Jozani (Tanzania), Quirimbas (Mozambique) 14) Kalahari (Botswana) 15) Somali-Maasai savanna - none 16) Subtropical forests of Cambodia - none 17) Tropical montane forests of Sulawesi - Bunaken (Indonesia) 18) Temperate deserts of Central Asia - Amu Darya (Turkmenistan), Tigrovaya Balka (Tajikistan) 19) Shrubland of the Southern Caucasus - Colchis Forest (Georgia) 20) Rainforests of Polynesia and Micronesia - Sovi (Fiji), Fagaloa (Samoa) 21) Mangroves of Eastern Papua and Northern Australia - Upper Sepik (PNG), Kikori (PNG), Transfly Complex (PNG) 22) Californian shrub - none 23) Central Mexico Desert - Big Bend NP (USA) 24) Rainforests of Southern Chile - Los Alerces (Argentina) 25) Mosquito Coast - none 26) Temperate forests and shrubland of Central Chile - none 27) Grasslands of Falklands and Tierra del Fuego - none 28) Tropical Andes Shrub - none 29) Coastal deserts of Chile and Peru - none 30) South Georgia - none 31) Montado - Monfrague (Spain) 32) Maquis - Sila (Italy), Arrabida (Portugal), Port-Cros (France), Samaria (Greece)
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