Biodiversity hot spot

I chose the Horn of Africa for my hot spot.

1)The Horn of Africa is a very diverse spot. It is home to the largest endemic reptile population in the world. It is also the home of many other animals such as baboons, antelope, beira, dibatag, and gazelle. The Horn is  1.5 million km² in size.

2) and 3) Endemic plant –  cucumber tree (Dendrosicyos socotrana, VU)

Endemic Animal – Antelope,  beira (Dorcatragus megalotis, VU).

4) This hot spot is one of the most depredated spots in the world. It has been used for over grazing by humans. It is also being largely used to gather coal for personal use and exporting.

5) this is a hot spot because it is a large area that is being drastically changed because of over use. Humans are using it to graze their animals such as the sheep and goats and camels. This is causing a huge shift in the environment and causing drought due to the lack of vegetation to allow the rivers to stay controlled. Animals are becoming endangered and even extinct because of the lack of food sources and water. There are burns that are killing off other plants and allowing others to come back and take over.

6) Jebel Samhan National Nature Reserve is the home of a population of Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus minor, CR), a Critically Endangered subspecies. You can contact them by calling  1-800-490-0512 they do tours and to help gain income.

7) yes I believe we should be concerned with the degradation of this hot spot it will just continue to grow and will spread and will eventually reach us. We still rely on these spots and so do the animals that live there. If we do not care about it happening in other places we will not care if it starts happening to us. We need to stand up and make a change now to protect these spots and the world. Without doing this it will eventually happen to the rest of the world and become unchangeable.