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P-2 Environmental management — Science STD 10 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceP-2 Environmental management3 Marks
Question
Write the names of biodiversity hot spots.
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Answer

  • In entire world, 34 highly sensitive biodiversity spots are reported.
  • These hotspots occupied 15.7% area of the Earth.
  • However, currently about 86% of the sensitive areas are already destroyed.
  • Now about 2.3% area of the Earth still has such sensitive biodiversity spots.
  • There are 1,50,000 plant species which are about 50% of the species in the world.
  • In India, out of 135 species of animals, 85 species are found in the jungles of eastern region.
  • There are about 1,500 endemic plant species in Western Ghats.
  • About 50,000 plants species out of the total plants in the world are said to be endemic.

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