Biodiversity hot spot: regions with very high levels of species richness and high degree of endemism.(species confined to that region and not found anywhere else)
Hot spot in biodiversity is also regions of accelerated habitat loss.
Factors for declaring a hot spot
- No. of Endemic Species i.e. the species which are found no where else
- Degree of threat, which is measured in terms of Habitat loss
Eastern Himalaya and Western Ghat.
