6. Bhutan: Jigme Dorji Wildlife Sanctuary. Bon and Buddhist, and the home of snow leopards, Himalayan musk deer, takins, blue sheep and Himalayan tahr.
13. Cambodia: Angkor. Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the most important archaeological sites in South East Asia. Needs more protection urgently.
14. Cambodia: Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary. Traditional sacred ”spirit forest” which appears to be the home of wild tigers.
15. Cambodia: Phnom Nam Lyr Wildlife Sanctuary. Traditional sacred stone at 1300m above sea level, in a 47,000 ha park, threatened by illegal logging.
16. Cambodia Phnom Kulen National Park. Traditional and Buddhist site, through which a businessman has recently built a road and toll gate.
21. China: Mount Tai Shan Scenic Beauty zone. A Daoist and Buddhist sacred mountain, home to tremendous bio-diversity, and threatened by tourism and pollution.
22. China: Tiebu Nature Reserve in Sichuan. A Buddhist site, and also home of the mountain god Da-Au, which is the last refuge of the Sichuan spotted deer.
32. Estonia: Otepaa LP, recognised by the Dalai Lama and home to rare orchids, black stork, osprey and white-backed woodpeckers.
38. India: Great Himalayan National Park near to Manali. Hindu and Buddhist site that is one of only two places in India with a marked population of western tragopan; also home to Himalayan tahr..
47. Japan: Kii Mountain Range, sacred to Shintos and Buddhists, and the site of important ancient trees, including 108ha of protected Magnolia sieboldi
49. Japan: Nikko National Park. A Shinto Buddhist sacred place.
50. Japan: Mt Hakku National Park: a religious mountain for Shinto and Buddhists, home to the unique Altherbosa tall herbs
64. Mongolia: the Bogd Khan Mountain, sacred to Buddhists and detailed in a case study.
65. Mongolia: Dornod Mongol Protected area, sacred to Buddhists and home to up to a million Mongolian gazelle.
66. Mongolia: Khovsgol Lake, sacred to Buddhists who call it the ”mother sea”.
67. Mongolia: Terelj National Park, known to Buddhists as God’s Hill, and a place of hiding for Chinggis Khaan. Many poachers.
68. Nepal: Sagarmatha National Park, holy to Buddhists, and including Everest, and 152 species of birds, 36 of them rare or endangered.
69. Nepal: Annapurna conservation area, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists, home to snow leopards.
85. Sri Lanka: Yala National Park: Sacred to Buddhists and Hindus, renowned for the variety of its wildlife.
86. Sri Lanka: Peak Wilderness Sanctuary including Adam’s Peak and sacred to Hindus, Budhists, Muslims, Christians and Chinese indigenous believers.
88. Sri Lanka: Mihintale, sacred to Buddhists.
89. Sri Lanka: Sinharaja Forest Reserve, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists and home to the last viable area of primary rainforest on the island.
93. Tibet: Parsa Wildlife Reserve: Buddhist, Bon, Jain, Hindu sacred site including the holy mountain of Mt Kailash.