biodiversity hotspots
Endangered endemic concentrations
Biodiversity hotspots are regions with exceptionally high concentrations of endemic species facing significant habitat loss.
To qualify, an area must contain at least 1,500 species of vascular plants found nowhere else and have lost at least 70 percent of its original vegetation.
The concept focuses conservation efforts where protection yields the greatest return: Madagascar is one of the world's most critical biodiversity hotspots.
The term has become central to global conservation strategy.
- irreplaceableHaving no adequate substitute
- protected areasZones with legal conservation status
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- rainforest lossDecline of tropical woodlands
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
conservation · endemic species · wildlife corridors · habitats · endemism · ecosystems · Madagascar · habitat fragmentation · mangroves · fauna · tropical rainforests · habitat restoration · flora · native plants · coral reefs · extinction · species extinction · Amazon
biodiversity hotspotsbrownfields
Polluted ex-industrial land