This presentation details the concept of hotspots and coldspots, threat status, keystone species, umbrella species, flagship species, indicator species, High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas, Important and Endemic Bird Areas, Global 200 Ecoregions, Development of hotspot concept and its criteria, Hotspots and Biodiversity, Hotspot regions of India, threats to biodiversity hotspots, criticism of the hotspot concept.
Instructor: Manideep Raj, Associate Professor, Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Darrang College (Affiliated to Gauhati University), Tezpur, Assam, India
