India is the country with the highest bio – diversity in the world, next only to Brazil. Due to geographical and climatic variations in our country, there is a wide variety of bio – diversity of – flora and fauna. India has 6.5 percent of animal species and 8 per cent of plant species of the world. There are approximately 46,000 plant species and 81,000 animal species found in India. In India, two bio – diversity hot – spots are found. Western Ghats hot spots and Eastern Himalayas hot spot.
