The 36 ecological hotspots are home to 2 billion people and provide crucial ecosystem services for human life and livelihood.
For any area to qualify as a biodiversity hotspot, the following two criteria’s must be met:
- The area must contain at least 1,500 species of endemic vascular plants.
- The area must have lost at least 70 percent of its primary native vegetation.
Biodiversity Hotspots Across the World
The eight hottest hot spots in terms of the above factors are:
- Madagascar
- Philippines
- Sundaland [South East Asia]
- Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
- Caribbean
- Indo-Burma
- The Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
- Eastern Arc and Coastal Forests of Tanzania/Kenya
There are 4 biodiversity hot spots present in India. They are:
- The Eastern Himalayas [Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Eastern Nepal]
- Indo-Burma and [Purvanchal Hills, Arakan Yoma, Eastern Bangladesh]
- The Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
- Sundalands: Includes Nicobar group of Islands (and Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines).
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