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Rather than attributing the 867 smaller regions generally to the science of ecology, tell us the name of a scientist or organization which specified that number.
The 8 major regions, however, might be a generally accepted division. User:Ed Poor, 22 March 2002
Greens hate progress. ;-)
And maybe everyone hates Greens because we shove all this complexity in their face...?
You know, some of this stuff is fiendishly interconnected, like ecology itself.
For instance it's not obvious that a watershed commons like the Great Lakes Commission is ecoregional unless you read the WWF definition quite carefully. And it's not obvious it's a democracy but not a state unless you think about it... since the term "democracy" refers to principle and process not any political structure in particular.
So, I am starting to understand why these things ran into resistance at first, although they seem obvious to me, guess I've been doing it too long... -- 22 March 2002, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.150.61.63 ( talk • contribs).
New problem:
Someone is editing "Nearctic" back to the old definition obsoleted by the new map. Some zones drastically expanded, some drastically shrunk, so pepole who don't know the new map are going to be stomping all over the accurate new definitions... grrr... how do I request that someone look at a given entry? -- 22 March 2002, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.150.61.63 ( talk • contribs).
The partner of the WWF on that matter seem to have changed (it was before the National Geographic). According to [1] it is now funded by German's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Anthere 07:15, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
I suspect the map currently indicating WWF ecoregions is out of date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.31.76 ( talk) 19:13, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
It is suggested that all relevant material from Freshwater ecoregion be merged to this article, and then Freshwater ecoregion be redirected to this article. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihon joe 00:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
These are basic maps. Someone should find them and include them Avram Primack ( talk) 17:45, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Not that I don't like the WWF's delineation of the ecoregions, but are there any other ecoregion classification systems in use out there? If there are any significant others, maybe we should mention them as well. Bengrin85 ( talk) 01:56, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that there is no mention of the threatened status of many bioregions around the world, nor the efforts to protect these regions from further damage. Although this topic is huge, I think its important briefly talk about the basic issues and the efforts to monitor, remediate, and protect bioregions by adding a section called "threats and protection" (or some title of similar nature) that can briefly describe some of the current threats (giving a few examples) and the political efforts around the world to protect entire bioregions (giving a few examples) and mentioning the role that biologists and groups such as the WWF to categorise different bioregions for the purpose of conservation and monitoring. Any comments, objections, criticisms? Nnoell ( talk) 21:13, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
This article uses ecoregion and ecozone interchangeably, defined as an area smaller than a bioregion and biogeographic realm. However, in the biogeographic realm article it also interchangeably uses ecozone with biogeographic realm, defined as the broadest biogeographic division. In other sources it seems that the term is interchangeable with biogeographic realm. Does this article require a correction or am I missing something? RVK87 ( talk) 06:35, 1 June 2022 (UTC)