biodiversity hotspot
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biodiversity hotspot
- /ˌbaɪə(ʊ)daɪˌvɜːsɪti ˈhɒtˌspɒt/ UK
- /ˌbaɪoʊdəˌvɚsəti ˈhɑtˌspɑt/ US
- [-ɾi] US
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From biodiversity + hotspot. The word hotspot to describe such regions appears to have been first used by the British environmentalist Norman Myers (1934–2019) in a 1988 article in The Environmentalist.
noun biodiversity hotspots
- A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat. Conservationists are far from able to assist all species under threat, if only for lack of funding. This places a premium on priorities: how can we support the most species at the least cost? One way is to identify ‘biodiversity hotspots’ where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are under
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noun place with a significant level of biodiversity
| Español | punto caliente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 생물 다양성 핫스팟 saengmul dayangseong hatseupat |
| 日本語 | 生物多様性ホットスポット seibutsu tayō-sei hotto supotto, ホットスポット hotto supotto |
| 中文 | 生物多樣性熱點 /生物多样性热点 shēngwùduōyàngxìngrèdiǎn |
| हिन्दी | जैवविविधता हॉटस्पॉट jaivvividhtā hŏṭaspŏṭ |
| Português | hotspot de biodiversidade, hotspot ecológico |
| Français | point chaud de biodiversité, zone critique de biodiversité |
| Deutsch | Biodiversitäts-Hotspot, Brennpunkt der Biodiversität |
| Italiano | punto caldo di biodiversità |
| Русский | оча́г биоразнообразия očág bioraznoobrazija |
| Tiếng Việt | điểm nóng về đa dạng sinh học |
| עברית | נקודה חמה n'kudá khamá |
Talk about this word "biodiversity hotspot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/biodiversity%20hotspot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. biodiversity hotspot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/biodiversity%20hotspot "biodiversity hotspot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/biodiversity%20hotspot.Cite this
@misc{biodiversity_hotspot_2026,
title = {biodiversity hotspot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/biodiversity%20hotspot},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
