Biodiversity Hotspot India Considered As A Mega Biodiversity Hotspot

Biodiversity Hotspot 

India Considered As A Mega 

Biodiversity Hotspot

Biodiversity Hotspot The United Nations has declared the year 2010 because the ‘International Year of Biodiversity’ and thetheme for this year’s environment day is “Biodiversity: Connecting with Nature” and India is one among the world’s 12 mega-diversity nations. Megadiversity, a term employed by world organization (refers International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Technical paper no. 343). India is found in South Asia, between latitude 6° and 38°N longitudes 69° and 97°E. Biogeographically, India is found at the tri-junction of three realms of the Afro-tropical, Indo-Malayan and Paleo-Arctic realms and thus has elements characteristic of every . Biodiversity Hotspot This assembly of three distant realms makes the country rich in biological diversity and special. The Indian landmass extending over a complete geographic area of about 3029 million hectares is bounded by Himalayas within the North, the Bay of Bengal in east, the Arab Sea to the west and therefore the South Indian Ocean . Two areas in india are identified as megadiversity hotspot areas, which are western ghat forests and eastern Himalayan forests, but India may be a whole country as megadiversity nation.

Biodiversity Hotspot The United Nations has declared the year 2010 because the ‘International Year of Biodiversity’ and thetheme for this year’s environment day is “Biodiversity: Connecting with Nature” and India is one among the world’s 12 mega-diversity nations. Megadiversity, a term employed by world organization (refers International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Technical paper no. 343). Biodiversity Hotspot India is found in South Asia, between latitude 6° and 38°N longitudes 69° and 97°E. Biogeographically, India is found at the tri-junction of three realms of the Afro-tropical, Indo-Malayan and Paleo-Arctic realms and thus has elements characteristic of every . This assembly of three distant realms makes the country rich in biological diversity and special. Biodiversity Hotspot The Indian landmass extending over a complete geographic area of about 3029 million hectares is bounded by Himalayas within the North, the Bay of Bengal in east, the Arab Sea to the west and therefore the South Indian Ocean.

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