- biogeographical regions
- supporting rich biodiversity
- severely threatened ➡️ human activities
- Introduced in 1988 by Norman Myer
- identified 24 places
- 2006 ➡️ Conservation International
- Conditions to define Hotspots
Acc. to Norman Myer
- if only Biodiversity Hotspots are protected
- then, on-going mass extinction of species
- reduced up to 30%