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These areas are the biodiversity hotspots, 36 regions where success in conserving species can have an enormous impact in securing our global biodiversity. The forests and other remnant habitats in hotspots represent just 2.5% of Earth’s land surface.
- What Is A Biodiversity Hotspot?
- Why Does CEPF Work only in Biodiversity Hotspots?
- Who Lives in The Biodiversity Hotspots?
- How Did The Concept of Biodiversity Hotspots Begin?
There are currently 36 recognized biodiversity hotspots. These are Earth’s most biologically rich—yet threatened—terrestrial regions. To qualify as a biodiversity hotspot, an area must meet two strict criteria: 1. Contain at least 1,500 species of vascular plants found nowhere else on Earth (known as "endemic" species). 2. Have lost at least 70 per...
The extinction crisis is vast, and conservation funds are limited, so focus is a critical element of CEPF's approach. Biodiversity hotspots are home to thousands of irreplaceable species that are facing multiple, urgent threats. These are places where CEPF's relatively small investments can help move the needle in a meaningful way toward sustainabl...
The 36 biodiversity hotspots are home to around 2 billion people, including some of the world's poorest, many of whom rely directly on healthy ecosystems for their livelihood and well-being. The hotspots provide crucial ecosystem services for human life, such as provision of clean water, pollination and climate regulation. These remarkable regions ...
In 1988, British ecologist Norman Myers published a seminal paper identifying 10 tropical forest “hotspots.” These regions were characterized both by exceptional levels of plant endemism and serious levels of habitat loss. Conservation International, one of CEPF's global donor organizations, adopted Myers’ hotspots as its institutional blueprint in...
Explore the Biodiversity Hotspots. CEPF grantees work in developing and transitional countries in the world's biodiversity hotspots—some of Earth's most biologically diverse yet threatened terrestrial areas. Since 2001, CEPF has funded conservation in 25 of the 36 hotspots. Cape May warbler ( Setophaga tigrina) in Parque Nacional Sierre de ...
Mar 11, 2024 · Biodiversity Hotspots. This map layer was created by Conservation International, an investor in the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, and visualizes the 36 official biodiversity hotspots. Map by National Geographic. Overview. Vocabulary.
Today, Conservation Internationaldefines a biodiversity hotspot as an area that contains at least 1,500 plants that are found nowhere else on Earth and that is under threat with less than a third of its natural vegetation remaining. The organization states that biodiversity underpins all life on Earth.
The National Geographic Society has prepared a world map of the hotspots and ArcView shapefile and metadata for the Biodiversity Hotspots including details of the individual endangered fauna in each hotspot, which is available from Conservation International.
Our Planet's Future Depends on Biodiversity. The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) enables civil society to protect the world’s biodiversity hotspots—biologically rich ecosystems that are essential to humanity, yet highly threatened. Learn More About CEPF.
