[PCA] NEWS: Study questions the 'biodiversity hotspot' approach to wildlife conservation

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-12/su-sqt120806.php

Study questions the 'biodiversity hotspot' approach to wildlife 
conservation

In recent years, major international conservation groups have focused 
their limited resources on protecting a small number of "biodiversity 
hotspots"-threatened habitats that are home to many of the world's rarest 
plants and animals.

See the link above for the full text of the press release.  Another 
article on the subject can be found at 
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1211-hotspots.html