Biodiversity Hotspots

California Floristic Province Cape Floristic Province

Caribbean Islands Caucasus Brazilian Cerrado Central Chile Coastal Forests of Eastern

Africa East Melanesian Islands Eastern African Afromantane Guinean Forests of West

Africa Himalayas Horn of Africa Indo-Burma Irano-Anatolia Japan Madagascar and Indian Ocean

Islands

Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands

Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany

Mediterranean Basin Mesoamerica Mountains of Central Asia

Hengduan Mountains of

Southwest China New Caledonia New Zealand Philippines Polynesia-Micronesia Southwest Australia Succulent Karoo Sundaland Tropical Andes Tumbès-Chocò-Magdalena

Wallacea Western Ghats and Sri

Lanka

The 34 Hotspots around the Globe

ConservationIdentify the regions which are

under severe threat of extinction.

Protection: areas are protected through national parks, botanical gardens, heritage sites and reserves.

Market based tools are used in order to conserve those regions.

Projects: involves the improvement of water.

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Restoration THREE STEPS IN RESTORING BIODIVERSITY:

1. ENHANCE ITS QUALITY. HELP IN REGAINING LOST

UNDERSTOREY, IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE HABITATS.

2. SECURE WHAT YOU HAVE. SECURE THE REMNANTS AS

THE ARE THE HABITATS OF ANIMALS.

CONTROL THE TIMING OF GRAZING TO ALLOW EFFECTIVE SEED PRODUCTION.

3. LINK ISOLATED PATCHES. RURAL ROADS AND STREAM

CORRIDORS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LINKING ISOLATED REMNANTS IN HEAVILY CLEARED AREAS.