![]() These biodiversity hotspots are the home to thousands of such endemic organisms, plants, and vegetation. Why biodiversity hotspots are important?Įvery minute organism and plant or a big mammal or tree plays an important role in the ecosystem. The North American Coastal Plains is the latest addition to the list of Biodiversity Hotspot of the world to become the 36th Biodiversity Hotspot. ![]() There are 36 Biodiversity hotspots in the world that covers around 2.4% of the earth’s surface which hosts more than 50% of world endemic plants and more than 40% of endemic species of birds, mammals, and amphibians. Norman Myers, a biologist, in the year 1988 has come up with the term Biodiversity Hotspot as a biological region with a threat to endemic plants and ‘loss of habitat’. ![]()
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