Biodiversity Hotspots
Environment · जैव विविधता हॉटस्पॉट · 15 facts
India has 4 biodiversity hotspots out of 36 globally
Western Ghats is a biodiversity hotspot in India
Eastern Himalayas is a biodiversity hotspot in India
Indo-Burma hotspot covers Northeast India and SE Asia
Sundaland hotspot includes Nicobar Islands of India
Biodiversity hotspot must have 1500 endemic plant species
Norman Myers coined the term biodiversity hotspot in 1988
India has about 8 percent of world biodiversity
India is one of 17 megadiverse countries in the world
Endemism means species found exclusively in one region
Silent Valley in Kerala is part of Western Ghats hotspot
Coral Triangle is marine biodiversity hotspot in Pacific
India has over 45000 plant species and 91000 animal species making it one of most biodiverse nations
Convention on Biological Diversity CBD was signed at Rio Earth Summit in 1992
Biodiversity hotspot must have lost 70 percent of its original habitat to qualify