Biodiversity Hotspots
The term "biodiversity hotspots" has become a fad in ecological vocabulary; when talking about conservation or research, there is always an emphasis on the hotspots. The concept isn't all that old either, it came into existence when
Amber find shows Amazon as biodiversity hotspot
Of the 13 insect species 12 belong to different families, which demonstrates that Amazonia was already hot, humid, and a remarkable generator of biodiversity in the middle Miocene epoch, an era that spanned 23 to about 5.3 million years
VMNH to Become Biodiversity Hotspot
(November 7, 2006) – The Virginia Museum of Natural History Lecture Series resumes November 9 when Dr. Tanja Pipan, of the Karst Research Institute, Postojna, Slovenia, presents “Epikarst – An emerging biodiversity hotspot” at 5:30 pm
Biodiversity summit on Verde Island
THE Philippines is rising to the challenge of being a biodiversity hotspot. Last Wednesday, November 8, a biodiversity summit was held on Verde Island, the sentinel of the much-crossed Verde Island Passage between Luzon and the Visayas.
The Earth Lies Bleeding
It is what environmentalists call a biodiversity 'hotspot', a treasure-house of evolution, home to hundreds and thousands of rare life-forms – plants and animals. Cockpit Country is a hotspot within a hotspot, because the Greater
Winter Sunlight
Biodiversity Hotspots are regions that harbour a great diversity of endemic species and, at the same time, have been significantly impacted and altered by human activities. To qualify as a hotspot, a region must support 1500 endemic
Shimba Hills sind Biodiversity Hotspot
Die Shimba Hills südlich von Mombasa wurden offiziell als "Biodiversity Hotspot" erklärt - einer
Marine life treasure trove found: SABA
But the team says the biodiversity hotspot is in danger: oil tankers in the area threaten the fragile reefs. The researchers are hoping to get the area protected by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Filipinas
Palanan is situated in the Northern Sierra Madre National Park, a well-known home of insurgents and a biodiversity hotspot. It was hard getting there, especially if you opt for independent travel. Some people, including a vice mayor in
Amazon Amber Fossils Reveal Ancient Biodiversity
The above expands upon "Amber find shows Amazon as biodiversity hotspot" posted in this blog on Tuesday, August 29, 2006. An associated Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) paper (co-authored by Pierre Olivier Antoine)

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ATLANTIC FOREST BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT Brazil
threatened biodiversity hotspots in developing countries. It is a joint initiative of. Conservation International (CI), the Global Environment Facility
The Philippines
The Philippines biodiversity hotspot includes more than 7000 islands, with larger islands holding more unique species than most countries and even small
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Hotspots Revisited
Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered To read about a particular hotspot, click on the map or on the listing below
Hotspots Revisited
Consequently, several key areas of the remaining original vegetation emerge as being critically important to the biodiversity of the Ethiopian Highlands.
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The Earth's 25 biodiversity hotspot regions collectively cover about two per cent of Dr Norman Myers coined the phrase "biodiversity hotspots" in 1988,
news @ nature.com - Nine more crisis areas for biodiversity
The effort, coordinated by the non-profit organization Conservation International, adds 9 biodiversity hotspots to the 25 originally recognized in 20001.
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Biodiversity Hotspot Discovered in the Caribbean. Seafloor at one of the research sites of the Conservation International Marine Rapid Assessment Program
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