What are biodversity hot spots?

Biodiversity hotspot

A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened with humans. Norman Myers wrote about the concept in two articles in "The Environmentalist" (1988), and 1990 revised after thorough analysis by Myers and others "Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions" and a paper published in the journal Nature

Biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction. - Source science daily