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What are biodiversity hotspots?

Options

  1. ARegions with very high levels of species richness and high degree of endemism.
  2. BRegions with limited conservation resources.
  3. CRegions of accelerated habitat loss.
  4. DRegions with a low number of species.

Correct answer

A. Regions with very high levels of species richness and high degree of endemism.

Step-by-step solution

– Faced with the conflict between development and conservation, many nations find it unrealistic and economically not feasible to conserve all their biological wealth. Invariably, the number of species waiting to be saved from extinction far exceeds the conservation resources available. On a global basis, this problem has been addressed by eminent conservationists. They identified for maximum protection certain ‘biodiversity hotspots’ regions with very high levels of species richness and high degree of endemism (th

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