Where the Threatened Wild Things Are

These global biodiversity maps – the most detailed yet – show that hotspots of diversity and threat don’t always go hand in hand. Mammals, for instance, are most diverse in the upper Amazon basin and the foothills of the Andes, yet extinction threats are highest in Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula – where habitat is being destroyed at an alarming rate.

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