Eminent conservationists identified that maximum protection is required to ‘biodiversity hot spots’. Which of the following statement(s) is/are most appropriate for this view ?
(I) These are the regions with very high levels of species richness.
(II) These are the areas where alien species were introduced.
(III) These are the regions with high degree of endemism.
(IV) These have a history of religious and cultural traditions.

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Only (I)

Only (III)

(I) and (III)

(II) and (IV)

answer is C.

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Eminent conservationists identified certain ‘biodiversity hotspots’ regions for maximum protection. They are 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.

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