Top 10 biodiversity hotspots

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Top 10 biodiversity hotspots

Photo by Jon Purdy CC-BY-NC-SA

A biodiversity hotspot is a biologically rich region that is deeply threatened by human activity It has lost at least 70 percent of its original natural vegetation Here are the worlds 10 most threatened biological regions

Horn of Africa Remaining vegetation from original habitat 5

Pictured Bandera village Somalia Check out projects jobs and professionals in Somalia

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Indo-Burma Remaining vegetation from original habitat 5

Pictured rice paddies in the mountains south and west of Chiang Mai Thailand Check out projects jobs and professionals in Thailand

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Philippines Remaining vegetation from original habitat 7

Pictured mangroves in the Philippines Check out projects jobs and professionals in the Philippines

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Sundaland Remaining vegetation from original habitat 7

Pictured orangutan with baby at the Semenggoh Wildlife Center in Borneo Malaysia Check out projects jobs and professionals in Malaysia

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Atlantic Forest Remaining vegetation from original habitat 8

Pictured beach in Santa Catarina Brazil Check out projects jobs and professionals in Brazil

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Mountains of Southwest China Remaining vegetation from original habitat 8

Pictured Gaoligong Mountains China Check out projects jobs and professionals in China

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Caribbean islands Remaining vegetation from original habitat 10

Pictured Dunn River Falls Jamaica Check out projects jobs and professionals in Jamaica

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Coastal forests of Eastern Africa Remaining vegetation from original habitat 10

Pictured Benguerra Island Mozambique Check out projects jobs and professionals in Mozambique

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Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands Remaining vegetation from original habitat 10

Pictured A ring-tailed lemur in Madagascar Check out projects jobs and professionals in Madagascar

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Eastern Afromontane Remaining vegetation from original habitat 11

Pictured Ethiopian Highlands Ethiopia Check out projects jobs and professionals in Ethiopia

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