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| July 3, 2012 | UN gives Western Ghats world heritage site status | | New Delhi: India's Western Ghats have been added to the prestigious list of the United Nation's cultural agency, UNESCO's
world heritage sites. The mountains cover an area of about 160,000 sq km (61,776 sq miles) stretching from India 's southern tip to Gujarat . The lush mountains
are at risk of a biodiversity crisis due to rapidly increasing population, the
BBC reports. According to Unesco, the forests include non-equatorial tropical
evergreen forests and are home to at least 325 globally-threatened flora, fauna,
bird, amphibian, reptile and fish species. The mountains are also recognised as
one of the world's eight 'hottest hotspots' of biological diversity, and its forests
influence the Indian monsoons.
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