MalaysiaLocal value
A huge recreational forest with about a dozen of marked trails leading to other parts of the island, including Batu F...
NamibiaNational value
Despite its name, the Quiver Tree (Aloidendron dichotomum) is not a true tree, but rather a species of aloe that can ...
USA / North CarolinaRegional value
The Nantahala National Forest anchors the far southwestern corner of North Carolina with over 528,000 acres of protec...
USA / North CarolinaRegional value
The half-million+ acres of Pisgah National Forest drape like a cloak around the Asheville area and provide easy acces...
AustraliaUNESCO
World value
This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia&rsqu...
AustraliaUNESCO
World value
This area, which stretches along the north-east coast of Australia for some 450 km, is made up largely of tropical ra...
IranUNESCO
World value
Hyrcanian forests form a unique forested massif that stretches 850 km along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Th...
IndonesiaUNESCO
World value
The 2.5 million hectare Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra site comprises three national parks: Gunung Leuser Na...
MalaysiaLocal value
A loop trail (2.4 km) leads from the Doi Pui Campsite to Doi Pui peak (uphill!) and back. From the peak you can conti...
Australia / VictoriaRegional value
A drive down the Great Ocean Road might be all about coasts and cliffs, but take a 40-minute detour inland from Skene...
Russia / Belgorod regionLocal value
Russia / Bryansk regionRegional value
The area of the Reserve is 12,280 hectares, it is one of the 15 smallest reserves in Russia. The territory of the Bry...
GermanyNational value
The Bavarian Forest on the German side covers an area of 242.2 sq km and was established as Germany’s first national ...
PolandNational value
This Polish forest lives up to its name, with hundreds of peculiar pine trees. Several hundred pine trees were plante...
BrazilUNESCO
World value
The Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, in the states of Bahia and Espirito Santo, consist of eight separate pr...
BelarusUNESCO
National value
The Bialowieza Forest World Heritage site, on the border between Poland and Belarus, is an immense range of primary f...
USAUNESCO
National value
Redwood National Park comprises a region of coastal mountains bordering the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco. It ...
RussiaUNESCO
National value
The Virgin Komi Forests cover 3.28 million ha of tundra and mountain tundra in the Urals, as well as one of the most ...
SloveniaUNESCO
National value
This transnational property includes 94 component parts in 18 countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European ...
MadagascarUNESCO
National value
The Rainforests of the Atsinanana comprise six national parks distributed along the eastern part of the island. These...
YemenRegional value
About 200 miles from mainland Yemen exists an isolated island called Socotra. On it, a strange collection of flora an...
IrelandMore grove than forest, this striking arcade of beech trees was actually planted in the 1700s as a landscape feature ...
JapanThe Aokigahara Forest is said to be one of the weirdest places in the world by locals and travelers alike, at least t...