What is the name of biodiversity hotspot?
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Biodiversity and Its Conservation
Hotspots and Methods of Conservation
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What are biodiversity hot spots? Name the biodiversity hot spots in India.
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A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened with destruction. For example forests are considered as biodiversity hotspots.The Status is designated by Conservation International. To qualify as a biodiversity hotspot on Myers 2000 edition of the hotspot-map, a region must meet two strict criteria: it must contain at least 0.5% or 1,500 species of vascular plants as endemics, and it has to have lost at least 70% of its primary vegetation. Around the world, 35 areas qualify under this definition. These sites support nearly 60% of the world's plant, bird, mammal, reptile, and amphibian species, with a very high share of those species as endemics. The biodiversity hotspots in India are as follows:
The Western Ghats and Sri Lanka.
The Eastern Himalayas.
Indo-Burma.
Sundaland.
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Many are there. Some of them I have listed below:
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AFRICA
A total of 8 Hotspots in African continent hold a diversity of plant and animal life, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Composed of large land areas as well as islands dotting the Pacific seas, these 14 Hotspots represent important biodiversity.
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
From the Mediterranean Basin to the Mountains of Central Asia, these four Hotspots are unique in their diversity.
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
North and Central America play host to thousands of acres of important habitat.
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