Fred Noronha asks:
Could anyone confirm that National Geographic had this mention? FN
Fred,
Check this link at National Geographic: *http://tinyurl.com/8eol5
*The blurb on the site says:
Treasured watershed of India, these coastal mountains feed
grasslands, forests, and a burgeoning human population. Biologist E.
O. Wilson introduces a series examining such hotspots—among Earth’s
richest ecosystems.
Peter
>> The Western Ghats, which form most of eastern Goa, have been
>> internationally recognised as one of the biodiversity hotspots of the
>> world. In the February 1999 issue of the National Geographic Magazine,
>> Goa was compared with the Amazon and Congo basins for its rich tropical
>> biodiversity.
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