Bioregions
Maps can be misleading, especially when we want to understand the natural systems on which our lives depend. Most maps are either political, or infrastructural or geophysical. As a result, they don’t tell us how nature is working together in pockets of symbiosis. Scientists call these bioregions, of which there are 185 in the world today. Bioregions cross political borders and physical geographies, each containing a limited number of ecoregions, totalling 844 on land and 62 in the oceans. This understanding emerges from relatively new science, giving us a fascinating, vital perspective on our place in the living world.
— Wayne Visser
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