Consider the following statements 1 A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significan...........

Environment and Ecology Natural ecosystems and protection

Consider the following statements:

1. A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity with exceptional levels of plant endemism and by serious levels of habitat loss.

2. The term was coined by Conservation International in 1988.

3. There are a total of 36 hotspots in the world, the last addition is the North American Coastal Plain.

4. The current hotspots cover more than 15.7% of the land surface area, but have lost around 85% of their habitat.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1, 2 and 3 only

2, 3 and 4 only

1 and 4 only

1, 3 and 4 only

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Explanation:

Biodiversity Hotspots :

The British biologist Norman Myers coined the term “biodiversity hotspot” in 1988 as a biogeographic region characterized both by exceptional levels of plant endemism and by serious levels of habitat loss.
Conservation International (CI) adopted Myers’ hotspots as its institutional blueprint in 1989, and in 1996, the organization made the decision to undertake a reassessment of the hotspots concept.
Many of these regions are biodiversity hotspots—areas that are both rich with life and at high risk
There are a total of 36 hotspots in the world, the last addition is the North American Coastal Plain.
Biodiversity hotspots make up about 2.4 percent of Earth’s areas however, the area de fi ned as hotspots covers a much larger proportion of the land. The original 25 hotspots covered 11.8% of the land surface area of the Earth. Overall, the current hotspots cover more than 15.7% of the land surface area, but have lost around 85% of their habitat