2. 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
3. 3 CRITERIA FOR A HOT SPOT
1. 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
4. 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 . MYANMAR EAST]
TO
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
5. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
