biodiversity hotspot
/ˌbaɪəʊdaɪˈvɜːsəti hɒtspɒt/noun
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a region with a very large number of plant and animal species, many of which are found nowhere else, that is seriously threatened by the loss of its natural habitat
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- The Western Ghats are one of the world's biodiversity hotspots.
- Deforestation is a serious threat to biodiversity hotspots.
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General knowledge
The idea of biodiversity hotspots was put forward by the British ecologist Norman Myers in 1988.
Biodiversity hotspot की अवधारणा 1988 में ब्रिटिश पारिस्थितिकीविद् Norman Myers ने दी थी।
Four of the world's biodiversity hotspots include parts of India, namely the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, and Sundaland, which includes the Nicobar Islands.
विश्व के चार biodiversity hotspot भारत के हिस्सों को शामिल करते हैं, यानी हिमालय, इंडो-बर्मा, पश्चिमी घाट और श्रीलंका, तथा सुंडालैंड, जिसमें निकोबार द्वीप समूह आते हैं।