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.
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.
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.
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).
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[ 6.9 ms ] story [ 139 ms ] threadLand 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.
0. https://www.oneearth.org/navigator/?view=bioregions
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE2ukQOWBIw