1. India contains 10 biogeographic regions which include the Himalayan, Trans-Himalayan, the Indian desert, the Semi-arid zone, the Western-Ghats, the Dec can Peninsula, the Gangetic Plain, North-East India and the Islands and Coasts which possess different biodiversity levels.
2. India is one of the world’s 12 leading biodiversity centres of the origin of cultivated plants.
3. Though India has only 2.4% of the land area of the world, it has 8.1% of the global species biodiversity.
4. There are about 45000 species of plants and 90,000-1,00,000 species of animals; many more species are yet to be discovered and named.
5. India probably has more than 1,00,000 species of plants and 3,00,000 species of animals to be discovered and described.
6. India has 5 natural world heritage sites,14 biosphere reserves, 90 national parks and 448 wildlife sanctuaries and 2 hot spots.
7. About 33 per cent of the country’s recorded flora are endemic to India and concentrated in the North-East, Western-Ghats, North-West Himalayas and Andaman and Nicobar islands.