NEETBotanyBiodiversity and its Conservation
Which of the following biodiversity hotspots covers India's exceptionally high biodiversity regions?
Options
- AWestern Ghats and Sri Lanka
- BIndo:Burma
- CHimalaya
- DAll of the above
Correct answer
D. All of the above
Step-by-step solution
These hotspots are also regions of accelerated habitat loss. Three of these hotspots – Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, Indo-Burma and Himalaya – cover our country’s exceptionally high biodiversity regions . Although all the biodiversity hotspots put together cover less than 2 per cent of the earth’s land area, the number of species they collectively harbour is extremely high and strict protection of these hotspots could reduce the ongoing mass extinctions by almost 30 per cent.