Short note on Hotspots of biodiversity (environmental studies FAQ)

1. HOTSPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY
 The
concept of hot spots in biodiversity was developed in
the year 1988 by Norman Myes.
 "hot spots are the richest and the most threatened
reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth".
 This concept was developed on the basis of two
important consideration (i) The species which are not
founds elsewhere and (ii) difference of loss of habitat.

2.  According
to this concept 25 hot spots have been
identified for conservation of biodiversity.
 Amongst these, 15 hot spots have tropical forest in
Mediterranean typed zones and the rest are present in
tropics.
 India has two hot spots. These are Western Ghats and
Eastern Himalayas. Both of these areas are inhabited
by a variety of flowering
plants, reptiles, mammals, amphibian and butter flies.