Question raised in Lok Sabha on Biodiversity hotspots, 06/12/2016
Submitted by sheeja on Wed, 2016-12-07 14:49
According to India’s Fifth National Report submitted to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2014, out of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots, four are present in India which are: (i) Himalaya: (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and hill regions of Assam and West Bengal). (ii) Indo-Burma: (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) (iii) Western Ghats and Sri Lanka: (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) (iv) Sundalands: Nicobar group of Islands.
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