Name: Concepts of Biodiversity
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 6 min 29 s
Description: There is an incredible number of life forms on Earth – can you guess how many? Watch this video to learn all about the concepts of biodiversity.

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What are the biodiversity hotspots of India?

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A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with a significant reservoir of biodiversity that is under threat from human beings, where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing an exceptional loss of habitat.

There are over $34$ globally identified biodiversity hotspots all over the world, and four in India, which include Eastern Himalayas (North-Eastern Hilly states), Indo-Myanmar (Burma) area including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Western Ghats and Srilanka, Sundaland including the islands of the Andaman Sea. These hotspots represent only $2.3 %$ of the total Earth's land surface.

The Eastern Himalayas is the region encompassing Bhutan, north Eastern India, and Southern, Central, and Eastern Nepal.

The Indo-Burma region is spread out from Eastern Bangladesh to Malaysia and includes North Eastern India Eastern Himalayas South of Brahmaputra river, Myanmar the Southern part of China's Yunnan province.

The Western Ghats are a chain of hills that run along the western edge of peninsular India.

Sundaland which is also called the sundaic region is a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia that encompasses the Sunda shelf, the part of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age.

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