which regions of india are one of the biodiversity hotspots on the earth
Fauna of India India has some of the world's most biodiverse regions. The political boundaries of India encompass a wide range of ecozonesâ€”adhudesert, high mountains, highlands, tropical and temperate forests, swamplands, plains, grasslands, areas surrounding rivers, as well as island archipelago. It hosts 4 biodiversity hotspots: the Western Ghats, the Himalayas, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland[Includes Nicobar group of Islands].[1] These hotspots have numerous endemic species.[2]
Biodiversity hotspot Norman Myers wrote about the concept in two articles in “The Environmentalist” (1988),[1] & 1990[2] revised after thorough analysis by Myers and others in “Hotspots: Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions”[3] and a paper published in the journal Nature.[4]