What Are Biodiversity Hotspots?Why are biodiversity hotspots important?There are places on Earth that are both biologically rich — and deeply threatened. For our own sake, we must work to protect them. Species are the building blocks of Earth's life-support systems. We all depend on them. But our planet’s “biodiversity,” the vast array of life on Earth, faces a crisis of historic proportions. Development, urbanization, pollutio
