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Why the name 'biodiversity hotspots' has been given to forests?

Forest is a house of diverse (different) species of plants, animals and all other sorts of living organisms. A biodiversity hotspot is given to the specific forests consisting of a richest diversity of species including most rare, vulnerable species of plants and animals and other organisms.


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