Biodiversity hotspots are characterised by

‘Biodiversity hotspots’  are the regions with very high levels of species richness and high degree of endemism (that is, species confined to that region and not found anywhere else). These hotspots are also regions of accelerated habitat loss. Biodiversity hotspots are home to thousands of irreplaceable species that are facing multiple, urgent threats. Also these regions are ones which have lost at least 70 percent of its primary native vegetation.