Talk:Biodiversity hotspot

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Question

Only a small percentage of the total land area within biodiversity hotspots is now protected. What is this percentage worldwide? My search yielded numbers for individual countries ranging from 6-27%.Marcus 04:26, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mention indiginous peoples ?

I was wondering whether indiginous peoples can be mentioned as a tool to police biodiversity hotspots. Some ethnic groups have expressed willingness to act as a "forest police" to protect a zone from illegal logging, dumping of waste, ...

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91.182.214.13 (talk) 07:47, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Marine lakes

Perhaps Marine lakes need to be mentioned ? Not sure whether all of these are situated within biodiversity zones, so could be of value to mention it here KVDP (talk) 07:42, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Price of conserving an area

According to Edward O. Wilson, the price to conserve an area would be as low as 25 USD per hectare in developing countries^[1]

I think it's notable enough to mention here ? 109.130.218.206 (talk) 13:35, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^ Price of conserving an area as low as 25 USD per hectare

[1] Price of conserving an area as low as 25 USD per hectare

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