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Biodiversity hotspots
Learning intention
To understand what a biodiversity
hotspot is
Starter: What does this map indicate about the global
distribution of biodiversity?
WALT
To understand
what biodiversity
hotspots are
Success Criteria
A – Examine the
types of hotspots
and their location
B – Explain what
a biodiversity
hotspot is
C – Describe
what a
biodiversity
hotspot is with
examples
Activate: What is the nature of the distribution?
WALT
To understand
what biodiversity
hotspots are
Biodiversity is strongly linked with
latitude. The closer to the tropics
generally the more diversity.
Success Criteria
A – Examine the
types of hotspots
and their location
B – Explain what
a biodiversity
hotspot is
Why is this a
problem? What
do these
countries lack?
What sort of
countries are these?
C – Describe
what a
The spatial pattern is linked to ‘controlling’ or limiting
biodiversity
factors
in the amount of primary productivity. The one
hotspot
is with
examples
anomoly is Australia which has high levels of endemism.
Demonstrate: What is the global distribution of biodiversity hotspots?
WALT
To understand
what biodiversity
hotspots are
Success Criteria
A – Examine the
types of hotspots
and their location
B – Explain what
a biodiversity
hotspot is
C – Describe
what a
biodiversity
hotspot is with
examples
Use your map to help you answer this question
Activate: What is the nature of biodiversity?
WALT
To understand
what biodiversity
hotspots are
According to levels of biodiversity Brazil
comes out on top.
750 species of tree
Success Criteria
A – Examine the
types of hotspots
and their location
B – Explain what
a biodiversity
hotspot is
C – Describe
what a
biodiversity
hotspot is with
examples
400 types of bird
100 types of reptile
1500 species of
flowering birds
Activate: What is a biodiversity hotspot?
An area containing a huge number of species, a large
WALT
percentage are endemic. ‘Most remarkable places on
Toearth
understand
and most threatened’. Cover less than 2% of earth’s
what biodiversity
surface
hotspots
are yet contain 44% of plant species.
Success Criteria
A – Examine the
types of hotspots
and their location
B – Explain what
a biodiversity
hotspot is
C – Describe
what a
biodiversity
hotspot is with
examples
Activate: Biodiversity hotspots?
WALT
To understand
what biodiversity
hotspots are
Success Criteria
A – Examine the
types of hotspots
and their location
B – Explain what
a biodiversity
hotspot is
C – Describe
what a
biodiversity
hotspot is with
examples
Continental hotspots…richest in terms of
biodiversity e.g. Cape Floral Kingdom,
South Africa
Large island hotspots…these are home to
diverse and distinctive species which can
include relict fauna
Small island hotspots…Often low in
species number, but have a high
proportion of endemics. Susceptible to
extinction with small numbers.
CASE STUDY: Fynbos, South Africa
Major vegetation type of small botanical region. Only 5
other floral kingdoms are known and these cover vast
To understand
areas.
Highest concentration of plant species in world;
what
biodiversity
1300 per
hotspots
are 10,000km2. 70% are endemics.
WALT
Success Criteria
A – Examine the
types of hotspots
and their location
B – Explain what
a biodiversity
hotspot is
C – Describe
what a
biodiversity
hotspot is with
examples
Conversation has become a national
priority. Current threats include:
•Spread of alien plants
•Commercial forestry
• Bush fires
• Building housing estates
There are 12 national reserves.