Question raised in Lok Sabha on Biodiversity hotspots, 06/12/2016
According to India’s Fifth National Report submitted to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2014, out of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots, four are present in India which are: (i) Himalaya: (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and hill regions of Assam and West Bengal). (ii) Indo-Burma: (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) (iii) Western Ghats and Sri Lanka: (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) (iv) Sundalands: Nicobar group of Islands.