The International Day for Biological Diversity is marked on May 22 to raise and create awareness about biodiversity issues. The theme of the day this year is – “We’re part of the solution #ForNature.”
The biodiversity of the Northeast is a genetic treasure of various forms of plants and animals. The region comes under the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot which ranks 6th among the 25 biodiversity hotspot of the world. Most of the North-Eastern states have more than 60% of their area under forest cover.
The following facts and figures from a research article, “Northeast India: A Unique Biodiversity Hotspot” by Jeev Prabha and Dr. Anju Jain (Daulat Ram College, DU) prove that the title of biodiversity hotspot given to North East India is quite appropriate:
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