biodiversity hotspot

Etymology


From. The word to describe such regions appears to have been first used by the British environmentalist  (1934–2019) in a 1988 article in The Environmentalist.

Noun

 * 1)  A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.

Usage notes
In the writings of Norman Myers and his collaborators, a biodiversity hotspot is defined as a region that contains at least 1,500 endemic species of vascular plants (more than 0.5% of the world’s total), and which has lost at least 70% of its primary vegetation.

Translations

 * Bihari: बायोडायवर्सिटी हॉटस्पॉट
 * Catalan: zona sensible de la biodiversitat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 生物多樣性熱點
 * Danish: hotspot
 * Dutch: biodiversiteitshotspot, hotspot van de biodiversiteit
 * Esperanto: biodiverseco-varmpunkto, biodiverseco-riĉajejo
 * Estonian: bioloogilise mitmekesisuse tulipunkt, elurikkuse tulipunkt
 * Finnish: monimuotoisuuskeskus, luonnon monimuotoisuuden keskittymä
 * French: ,
 * German: Biodiversitäts-Hotspot, Brennpunkt der Biodiversität
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: जैवविविधता हॉटस्पॉट
 * Indonesian: titik panas keanekaragaman hayati
 * Italian: punto caldo di biodiversità
 * Japanese: 生物多様性ホットスポット, ホットスポット
 * Kannada: ಜೀವವೈವಿಧ್ಯದ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳು
 * Korean: 생물 다양성 핫스팟
 * Macedonian: биоразно́видно жа́риште
 * Malayalam: മഹാവൈവിധ്യപ്രദേശങ്ങൾ
 * Portuguese: hotspot de biodiversidade, hotspot ecológico
 * Russian: оча́г биоразнообразия
 * Spanish: punto caliente
 * Swedish: biologisk hetfläck
 * Ukrainian: гаря́ча то́чка біорізноманіття
 * Urdu: حیاتی تنوع علاقہ
 * Vietnamese: điểm nóng về đa dạng sinh học
 * Welsh: llecyn cyfoethog o ran bioamrywiaeth