In case you missed it at the bottom of the page, maybe the most intriguing bit is this interactive Google Earth-like map. [0]

0. https://www.oneearth.org/navigator/?view=bioregions

Somehow most of the functionality of the sphere map is blocked by uBlock.

Years ago I used such a map to travel to a few faraway places with a similar climate to discover ecosystems that felt close to my own and yet so weirdly different. A bit like an uncanny valley without the revulsion because it was a beautiful experience.

I would have used that map a different way: Find close locations (to save on transportation cost, time and footprint) with a radically different climate (for the change of scenery etc).

You don't get the sort of uncanny valley I'm describing that way but indeed it's better for the reasons you cited.

The title reminded me of Dwellers in the Land, the Bioregional vision by Kirkpatrick Sale. Politically as unfeasible an idea as any wide-eyed utopia, yet very much central to any realistic hope of sustainable, long-term survival.

Reminds me of https://www.globalfoodscapes.org/explore-map

Is this available as an OSM layer? I'm more interested in the ecoregions than the bioregions but both would be great.

Disabling ad blockers improves the UX dramatically

A really great content

I am always suspicious of any of these that chuck Meganesia/Sahul and NZ into a single grouping at any level except political.

Land of marsupials vs no land mammals.

Eucalyptus vs way more diverse assemblage.

Very different indigenous land management between the two.

Comes across as a little lazy.

Yes it lost a lot of integrity for me when it shows New Zealand as having one single ecological system (bioregion) - a country arguably as biodiverse as the entire USA which it shows having at least 18 bioregions. Disappointing.

In the layers button you can select ecoregions instead, and you'll see NZ has several of those.

In the interactive map linked upthread you can see further subdivisions, of which there are twelve.

Already seen it homie. They're still in the top level grouping.

I find it interesting that the color 'legend' uses names for colors, but doesn't show the actual colors.

They seem to have forgotten about the ocean...

An excellent explanation can be found in a video[0] which also relies on the "Marine Ecoregions of the World" by Spalding referenced in the OP article.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE2ukQOWBIw