HOT SPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY..

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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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