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Biodiversity hotspot
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Biodiverse region under threat
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A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. Norman Myers wrote about the concept in two articles in The Environmentalist in 1988 and 1990, after which the concept was revised following thorough analysis by Myers and others into "Hotspots: Earth's Biologically...

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Bioregion
Ecoregion
Facet of
Biodiversity
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