All 17 Megadiverse Countries

In terms of species count, an overwhelming majority of the world's flora and fauna is harboured by a relatively small number of countries. But it is not solely the number of species that qualifies a country as "mega" diverse. Endemism refers to the state of a species or other taxon being unique to a specific geographical region and was a heavily weighted factor when, in 1988, the world’s 17 megadiverse countries were first proposed. In this video, we explore each of these nations and the species found therein.

00:00 Megadiversity
00:45 Madagascar
01:48 South Africa
02:53 Democratic Republic of Congo
04:05 India
05:07 China
06:10 Philippines
07:16 Malaysia
08:23 Indonesia
09:29 Papua New Guinea
10:25 Australia
11:31 United States
12:43 Mexico
13:46 Venezuela
14:45 Colombia
15:38 Ecuador
16:40 Peru
17:51 Brazil

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Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.

Megadiverse countries
https://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/megadiverse-countries
Number of species found in each country
https://theswiftest.com/biodiversity-index/
Number of endemic species found in each megadiverse country
https://web.archive.org/web/20141211011642/http://www.environment.gov.au/node/21579
Lists of endemic species in each country (both INCREDIBLE resources!)
http://lntreasures.com/index.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/

Madagascar
https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/madagascar-orphan-extinction
https://lemur.duke.edu/8-20-ll1/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/madagascar
South Africa
https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/fynbos/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/south-african-coast
Democratic Republic of Congo
https://www.interfaithrainforest.org/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/congo-basin/
https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1059613/
https://www.insectsuk.co.uk/insects/lucanidae-stag-beetle/mesotopus-tarandus
India
https://byjusexamprep.com/upsc-exam/coastal-states-of-india
China
https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/?country=cn
Philippines
https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/coral-triangle
https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/coraltriangle/
http://www.philchm.ph/status-of-philippine-biodiversity-2/endemism-2/
Malaysia
https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/borneo_forests/about_borneo_forests/borneo_animals/
Indonesia
https://www.britannica.com/science/Wallace-Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline
https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/sumatra/
Papua New Guinea
https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0810306106
Australia
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/biodiversity/about-biodiversity
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/great-barrier-reef/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/154/
Mexico
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01121-2
Ecuador
https://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/biodiversity/
Peru
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/armadillo
Brazil
https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/?country=br

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