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The twenty-five biodiversity hotspots (green) as indicated in Myers, N., et al. (2000) "Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities." Nature 403:853–858. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2F35002501">10.1038/35002501</a>

1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Andes" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Tropical Andes">The Tropical Andes</a>
2. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mesoamerica">Mesoamerica</a>
3. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Islands" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Caribbean Islands">The Caribbean Islands</a>
4. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Forest" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Atlantic Forest">The Atlantic Forest</a>
5. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbes-Choc%C3%B3-Magdalena" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena">Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena</a>
6. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrado" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Cerrado">The Cerrado</a>
7. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivian_temperate_rain_forests" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Valdivian temperate rain forests">Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests</a>
8. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Floristic_Province" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:California Floristic Province">The California Floristic Province</a>
9. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregions_of_Madagascar" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ecoregions of Madagascar">Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands</a>
10. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_forests_of_eastern_Africa" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Coastal forests of eastern Africa">The Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa</a>
11. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinean_Forests_of_West_Africa" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Guinean Forests of West Africa">The Guinean Forests of West Africa</a>
12. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fynbos" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Fynbos">The Cape Floristic Region</a>
13. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succulent_Karoo" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Succulent Karoo">The Succulent Karoo</a>
14. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Basin" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mediterranean Basin">The Mediterranean Basin</a>
15. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Caucasus">The Caucasus</a>
16. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundaland" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sundaland">Sundaland</a>
17. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallacea" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Wallacea">Wallacea</a>
18. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregions_of_the_Philippines" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ecoregions of the Philippines">The Philippines</a>
19. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Burma" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Indo-Burma">Indo-Burma</a>
20. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_Southwest_China" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mountains of Southwest China">The Mountains of Southwest China</a>
21. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>
22. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Australia" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Southwest Australia">Southwest Australia</a>
23. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_of_New_Caledonia" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Biodiversity of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a>
24. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_of_New_Zealand" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Biodiversity of New Zealand">New Zealand</a>
25. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania_Ecozone" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Oceania Ecozone">Polynesia and Micronesia</a>

An additional nine hotspots (blue) have since been added <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131116104234/http://www.conservation.org/where/priority_areas/hotspots/Documents/CI_Biodiversity-Hotspots_2013_Map.pdf">[1]</a>:

26. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrean_pine-oak_woodlands" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Madrean pine-oak woodlands">The Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands</a>
27. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany_Hotspot" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot">Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany</a>
28. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afromontane" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Afromontane">The Eastern Afromontane</a>
29. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Horn of Africa">The Horn of Africa</a>
30. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irano-Anatolian" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Irano-Anatolian">The Irano-Anatolian</a>
31. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_Central_Asia" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mountains of Central Asia">The Mountains of Central Asia</a>
32. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Himalaya" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Eastern Himalaya">Eastern Himalaya</a>
33. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Japan" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:List of ecoregions in Japan">Japan</a>
34. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Melanesian_Islands" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:East Melanesian Islands">East Melanesian Islands</a>

See also

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current16:04, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:04, 6 January 20174,378 × 2,435 (737 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)The twenty-five biodiversity hotspots (<font color="green">green</font>) as indicated in <b>Myers, N., <i>et al</i>.</b> (2000) "Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities." <i>Nature</i> <b>403:</b>853–858. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2F35002501">10.1038/35002501</a><br><br><p>1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Andes" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Tropical Andes">The Tropical Andes</a><br> 2. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mesoamerica">Mesoamerica</a><br> 3. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Islands" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Caribbean Islands">The Caribbean Islands</a><br> 4. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Forest" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Atlantic Forest">The Atlantic Forest</a><br> 5. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbes-Choc%C3%B3-Magdalena" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena">Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena</a><br> 6. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrado" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Cerrado">The Cerrado</a><br> 7. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivian_temperate_rain_forests" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Valdivian temperate rain forests">Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests</a><br> 8. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Floristic_Province" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:California Floristic Province">The California Floristic Province</a><br> 9. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregions_of_Madagascar" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ecoregions of Madagascar">Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands</a><br> 10. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_forests_of_eastern_Africa" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Coastal forests of eastern Africa">The Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa</a><br> 11. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinean_Forests_of_West_Africa" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Guinean Forests of West Africa">The Guinean Forests of West Africa</a><br> 12. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fynbos" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Fynbos">The Cape Floristic Region</a><br> 13. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succulent_Karoo" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Succulent Karoo">The Succulent Karoo</a><br> 14. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Basin" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mediterranean Basin">The Mediterranean Basin</a><br> 15. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Caucasus">The Caucasus</a><br> 16. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundaland" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sundaland">Sundaland</a><br> 17. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallacea" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Wallacea">Wallacea</a><br> 18. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregions_of_the_Philippines" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ecoregions of the Philippines">The Philippines</a><br> 19. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Burma" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Indo-Burma">Indo-Burma</a><br> 20. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_Southwest_China" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mountains of Southwest China">The Mountains of Southwest China</a><br> 21. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a><br> 22. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Australia" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Southwest Australia">Southwest Australia</a><br> 23. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_of_New_Caledonia" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Biodiversity of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a><br> 24. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_of_New_Zealand" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Biodiversity of New Zealand">New Zealand</a><br> 25. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania_Ecozone" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Oceania Ecozone">Polynesia and Micronesia</a><br><br> An additional nine hotspots (<font color="blue">blue</font>) have since been added <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131116104234/http://www.conservation.org/where/priority_areas/hotspots/Documents/CI_Biodiversity-Hotspots_2013_Map.pdf">[1]</a>:<br><br> 26. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrean_pine-oak_woodlands" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Madrean pine-oak woodlands">The Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands</a><br> 27. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany_Hotspot" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot">Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany</a><br> 28. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afromontane" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Afromontane">The Eastern Afromontane</a><br> 29. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Horn of Africa">The Horn of Africa</a><br> 30. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irano-Anatolian" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Irano-Anatolian">The Irano-Anatolian</a><br> 31. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_Central_Asia" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mountains of Central Asia">The Mountains of Central Asia</a><br> 32. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Himalaya" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Eastern Himalaya">Eastern Himalaya</a><br> 33. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Japan" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:List of ecoregions in Japan">Japan</a><br> 34. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Melanesian_Islands" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:East Melanesian Islands">East Melanesian Islands</a><br><br><i>See also</i> </p> <ul> <li> <b>Lamoreux, J. F., <i>et al</i>.</b> (2006) "Global tests of biodiversity concordance and the importance of endemism." <i>Nature</i> <b>440:</b>212–214 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2Fnature04291">10.1038/nature04291</a> </li> <li> <b>Pimm, S. L., <i>et al</i>.</b> (2014) "The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection" <i>Science</i> <b>344:</b>–6187 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.1246752">10.1126/science.1246752</a> </li> </ul>
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