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BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT – IT IS A BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION WITH A
SIGNIFICANT RESERVOIR OF BIODIVERSITY THAT IS UNDER THREAT FROM HUMANS.
CONCEPT WAS FIRST INTRODUSED BY NORMAN MYER
25 HOTSPOTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ALL OVER THE WORLD
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3 CRITERIA FOR A HOT SPOT1. THE NO OF SPECIES PRESENT
2. THE NO OF THOSE SPECIES THAT EXIST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE GIVEN
ECOSYSTEM 3. AND THE DEGREE OF THREAT THEY
FACE
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OF ALL THE HOT SPOTS IN THE WORLD , MOST OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN TROPICAL AREAS
2 OUT OF 25 HOT SPOTS ARE LOCATED IN INDIA [WESTERN GHATS AND HILLY REGIONS OF NORTH
EAST HIMALAYA UP TO MYANMAR EAST] THESE HOT SPOTS ARE RICH IN ENDEMIC SPECIES
OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS SUCH AS REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, INSECTS AND MAMMALS.
ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA WITHIN BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS IS NOW
PROTECTED
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THE INTERNTIONAL ORGANISATIONS TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS
1. CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND [ CEPF] 2. CONCERVATION
INTERNATIONAL [CI]3. GLOBAL 200 ECOREGIONS ( WWF)
4. BIRD LIFE INTERNATIONAL [ENDEMIC BIRD AREAS( EBAs)]
5. PLANT LIFE INTERNATIONAL 6. ALLIANCE FOR ZERO EXTINCTION
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BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
• CALIFORNIA FLORISTIC PROVINCE• CARIBEAN ISLANDS
•MADREAN PINE OAK WOODLANDS • MESOAMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA • ATLANTIC FOREST
•CERRADO•CHILEAN WINTER RAINFALL VALDIAN FORESTS
• TUMBES CHOCO MAGDALENA• TROPICAL ANDES
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EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA• CAUCASUS
• IRANO-ANTOLIAN• MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
• MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL ASIA
AFRICA• CAPE FLORISTIC REGION
•COASTAL FORESTS OF EASTERN AFRICA• EASTERN AFROMONTANE
•GUINEAN FORESTS OF WEST AFRICA • HORN OF AFRICA
•MADAGASCAR AND THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS • MAPUTALAND PONDOLAND ALBANY
• SUCCULENT KAROO
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ASIA-PACIFIC• EAST MELANESIAN ISLANDS
•EASTERN HIMALAYA• INDO-BURMA
•JAPAN• MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH WEST CHINA
• NEW CALEDONIA•NEW ZEALAND •PHILIPPINES
• POLYNESIA- MICRONESIA• SOUTHWEST AUSTRALIA
• SUNDALAND• WALLACEA , WESTRN GHATS AND SRI LANKA
Western Ghats and
SRILANKA
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INVERTEBRATESANEURETUS SIMONI
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PARANEURETUS
FRESH WATER FISHES.
AMPHIBIANSPURPLE FROG
NASIKABATRACHUS SAHADRENSIS
REPTILESAGAMIDAE
GEKKONIDAE.
UROPELTIDAE.
AVESGREEN BILLED COUCAL
WHISTLING THRUSH
LAUGHING THRUSH SPOT B PELICAN
LESSER ADJUTANT
KASHMIR FLY CATCHER FROG MOTH
MAMMALSLATIDENS SALIMALII
LONG CLAWED SHREW
OHIYA RAT
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LION TAILED MACAQUE
NILGIRI TAHR
MALABAR CIVET ASIAN ELEPHANT
HIMALAYA,
FRESH WATER FISHES
MAHASEER
AMPHIBIANS
REPTILES.
AVESHIMALAYAN QUILL
WESTERN TRAGOPAN
CHEST NUT BREASTED PARTRIDGE
ORANGE BULLFINCH
RUST TROATED WRENBABBLER
WHITE WINGED DUCK BENGAL FLORICAN
WHITE BELLIED HERON
MAMMALS
GOLDEN LANGUR HIMALAYAN TAHR
PYGMY HOG
NAMADAPHA FLYING SQUIRREL SLOTH BEAR
ASIATIC WILD DOG
MUNTJAC AND SAMBAR
FRESH WATER GANGETIC DOLPHIN
WATER BUFFALO
SWAMP DEER
SNOW LEOPARD
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