India’s biodiversity-rich zones also ‘hotspots’ of human impacts
5 years, 9 months ago

India’s biodiversity-rich zones also ‘hotspots’ of human impacts

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Human impacts on species occur across 84% of the earth’s surface, finds a study published on March 13 in PLOS Biology, an international journal dedicated to biological science. Southeast Asian tropical forests — including India’s biodiversity-rich Western Ghats, Himalaya and the north-east — also fall in this category; India ranks 16th in such human impacts, with 35 species impacted on average. Southeast Asian tropical forests — including those in India’s Western Ghats, Himalaya and north-east — are among the ‘hotspots’ of threatened species. With India having the world’s second largest road network, we really need to plan for development that keeps wildlife conservation as a primary goal in biodiversity-rich areas, agreed wildlife biologist Sanjay Gubbi.

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Here's a look at 6 biodiversity hotspots of India
3 years, 7 months ago

Here's a look at 6 biodiversity hotspots of India

The Hindu  

Nature has liberally painted a variety of landscapes in our country. Officially, four out of the 36 Biodiversity Hotspots in the world are present in India: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland. Himalayas If you drive northwards, up the Himalayas, you will not only feel the change in climate but also witness a continuously changing …

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