Five hotbeds of biodiversity

Here are five flora- and fauna-rich ecologies that Conservation International, a nonprofit organization in Arlington, Va., says are more than 70 percent intact.

5. Southern Africa

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Thandi and Kapela, nine-month-old orphaned black rhinoceroses, break out of a transport crate as they are loaded for relocation to Addo National Park, 50 miles north-east of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in this 2004 file photo.

The Miombo-Mopane woodlands and savannahs stretch across ten countries in central southern Africa from Angola to Mozambique. They are home to animal species including the endangered black rhinoceros and almost 80% of all African elephants. This wilderness area is threatened by climate change, drought, development and the need to balance the survival needs of the people who live there with conservation efforts.

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