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BookmarkA biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction.
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The term biodiversity hotspot specifically refers to 25 biologically rich areas around the world that have lost at least 70 percent of their original habitat.
The remaining natural habitat in these biodiversity hotspots amounts to just 1.4 percent of the land surface of the planet, yet supports nearly 60 percent of the world's plant, bird, mammal, reptile, and amphibian species..
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