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Initially ___A___ biodiversity hot spots were identified but subsequently nine more have been added to the list, bringing the total number of biodiversity hot spots in the world to ___B___. These hot spots are also regions of accelerated habitat loss. Three of these hot spots - Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, Indo-Burma and Himalaya - cover our country's exceptionally high biodiversity regions. Although all the biodiversity hot spots put together cover less than ___C___ % of the earth's land area, the number of species they collectively harbour is extremely high and strict protection of these hot spots could reduce the ongoing mass extinctions by almost ___D___%.
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