Biodiversity Hotspots
Each dots represents a biodiversity hotspot, areas of rich biodiversity but under extreme environmental pressure.
For more information about biodiversity hotspots visit www.biodiversityhotspots.org
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Atlantic Forest
California Floristic Province
Cape Floristic Region
Caribbean Islands
Caucasus
Cerrado
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests
Coastal Forests Of Eastern Africa
East Melanesian Islands
Eastern Afromontane
Guinean Forests Of West Africa
Himalaya
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Horn Of Africa
Indo-Burma
Irano-Anatolian
Japan
Madagascar And Indian Ocean Islands
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany
Mediterranean Basin
Mesoamerica
Mountains Of Central Asia
Mountains Of Southwest China
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New Caledonia
New Zealand
Philippines
Polynesia-Micronesia
Southwest Australia
Succulent Karoo
Sundaland
Tropical Andes
Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
Wallacea
Western Ghats And Sri Lanka
Source: Conservation International, 2008.
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