Of a total of 34 biodiversity hotspots in the world, how many are present in India?

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Ecological hotspots are areas rich in biodiversity and dense in endemic species facing the threat of habitat destruction and extinction. Endemic species are those species whose presence is restricted to a particular geographical area. There are 34 ecological hotspots in the world. Three of them are present in India - The Western Ghats, The North - Eastern Himalayas and The Indo - Burma region.

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