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Biodiversity means all form of life living on earth.

It includes all flora


and fauna living in land and water resources.
Certain living beings are area specific like Nilgiri tahr in Western
Ghats. Biodiversity includes three main types:
□Genetic diversity (diversity within species ),
□Species diversity (between species ) and
□Ecosystem diversity (between ecosystems).
To have a proper ecosystem the conservation of biodiversity is
inevitable. Remember the saying “Each creature on earth has its own
purpose of its existence”

WESTERN GHATS
Biodiversity & hotspot

Area

56,825 sq.km

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