Criteria for Qualifying as a Biodiversity Hotspot

To qualify as a biodiversity hotspot, a region must meet two strict criteria:

  • It must have at least 1,500 vascular plants as endemics — which is to say, it must have a high percentage of plant life found nowhere else on the planet. A hotspot, in other words, is irreplaceable.
  • It must have 30% or less of its original natural vegetation. In other words, it must be threatened.
  • Around the world, 35 areas qualify as hotspots.

List of Biodiversity Hotspots

  • North and Central America: California Floristic Province, Madrean pine-oak woodlands, Mesoamerica
  • The Caribbean: Caribbean Islands
  • South America: Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Chilean Winter ....
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