Question

Hotspots of biodiversity are areas with
(a) Little biodiversity
(b) Maximum biodiversity
(c) Maximum conservation
(d) Both a and c

Answer 1

Hint: Variability among the plants and animals, and ecological complexes of which they are part, is known as biodiversity. Diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems also comes under the term biodiversity.

Complete answer:
Hotspots of biodiversity are the areas with maximum biodiversity. The hotspots of biodiversity have the following features:
1. The area must contain at least 1,500 species of vascular plants found nowhere else on Earth.
2. The species found in the area must be found in that area only.
3. The area must have lost at least 70 percent of its primary native vegetation.
- The biodiversity hotspots provide various services for human life, such as the provision of clean water, pollination, and climate regulation.
- The conservation in the biodiversity hotspots promotes the management of these essential natural resources and supports economic growth.
- At the point when British biologist Norman Myers distributed an original paper distinguishing 10 tropical forests "hotspots." It denoted the start of the idea of biodiversity hotspots.
- The biodiversity hotspots cover about 2.4% of the earth.
- The hotspots have roughly 60% of the world's plant, fowl, well- evolved creature, reptile, and land and water proficient species, a large portion of those species are endemic.
- There are 36 biodiversity hot spots as of 2020.
- The biodiversity hotspots are constantly threatened by human activities.
- There are around 350 types of vertebrates, 1224 winged animals, 197 creatures of land and water, 408 reptiles, 2546 fishes, and 15000 blossoming plants, in India.
So, the correct answer is, ‘Maximum biodiversity.’

Note: India hosts a total of 4 biodiversity hotspots: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo- Burma region, and the Sundaland (Includes Nicobar group of Islands). Various endemic species are found in these areas.