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印度西高止山生物多样性热点

The Western Ghats mountain range runs parallel to India’s west coast, trapping monsoon clouds and receiving up to 9,000 mm of rain annually in places.
This moisture fuels extraordinary biological richness: 78% of amphibians and 63% of reptiles found here live nowhere else on Earth.
Endemic lion-tailed macaques swing through ancient evergreen forests, feeding on figs whose seeds pass through their guts unharmed.
Shola grasslands—treeless high-altitude meadows—nestle between forest patches and host rare orchids and dwarf pittosporum shrubs.
Coffee and tea plantations shade-grown under native canopy mimic forest structure, supporting over 200 bird species including endangered great Indian hornbills.
Hydroelectric dams built in steep valleys fragment wildlife corridors, forcing elephants to cross roads and villages during seasonal migrations.
Citizen scientists photograph frogs and upload data to apps that help map breeding sites threatened by pesticide drift from nearby farms.
Tribal communities like the Kadar collect non-timber forest products sustainably—honey, medicinal herbs, and cane—under community forest rights laws.
Climate models project warmer temperatures will push cloud bases higher, drying shola meadows and shrinking frog habitats by mid-century.
Protecting this hotspot means linking conservation science with indigenous land stewardship across elevation gradients.