Question
Write a brief note on hotspots for biodiversity.

Answer

Biodiversity hotspots refers to the region with very high level of species richness and high degree of endemism (that is species confined to that region and not found anywhere else). At present total 34 hotspots have identified in the world however these hotspots are also facing rapid declination of due to Habitat loss three of these hotspot are western ghat, Indo-Burma and Himalaya. Although all the biodiversity hotspot put together cover less than the 2% of the earth land area, the number of species they collectively harbour, is extremely high and strict production of these hotspots could reduce the ongoing extinction by almost 30%.

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