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    Biodiversity exists at global, national, and local levels. At the global level, conservative estimates put the number of species at 10 million, though it could be as high as 30 million. Of described species, about 98% of birds, 95% of reptiles and amphibians, 90% of fish, and 85% of plants are known to exist. At the national level in India, over 108,000 species have been identified, including 49% insects. Locally, India is rich in plant and animal diversity and is among the top countries for numbers of plant, mammal, and endemic species.

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    Biodiversity exists at global, national, and local levels. At the global level, conservative estimates put the number of species at 10 million, though it could be as high as 30 million. Of described species, about 98% of birds, 95% of reptiles and amphibians, 90% of fish, and 85% of plants are known to exist. At the national level in India, over 108,000 species have been identified, including 49% insects. Locally, India is rich in plant and animal diversity and is among the top countries for numbers of plant, mammal, and endemic species.

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    Biodiversity exists at global, national, and local levels. At the global level, conservative estimates put the number of species at 10 million, though it could be as high as 30 million. Of described species, about 98% of birds, 95% of reptiles and amphibians, 90% of fish, and 85% of plants are known to exist. At the national level in India, over 108,000 species have been identified, including 49% insects. Locally, India is rich in plant and animal diversity and is among the top countries for numbers of plant, mammal, and endemic species.

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    Biodiversity at global,

    National and local levels


    Biodiversity is the measure of the variety of earth’s
    animal, plant and microbial species; of genetic
    differences within species; and of the ecosystems that
    support the species.
    Out of an estimated 30 million species on earth, only
    one-sixth has been identified and authenticated in the
    past 200 years.
    An estimated biodiversity covers 400,000 higher
    plants.
    Most of the world’s bio-rich nations are in the South,
    which are the developing nations.
    In contrast, the majority of the countries capable of
    exploiting biodiversity are Northern nations, in the
    economically developed world.
    Global Level:

    Conservative estimates of the existing biodiversity is


    ten million species, but if estimates for insects are
    correct then it could be around 30 million species, we
    have till now enlisted about 1.4 million species.
    It includes among others about
    98% birds,
     95% reptiles and amphibians,
    90% fish and
    about 85% higher plants known to exist on this Earth
    National and Local Level:

    India has over 108,276 species of bacteria, fungi, plants


    and animals already identified and described
    Out of these, 84 percent species constitute fungi (21.2
    percent),
    flowering plants (13.9 percent), and
     insect (49.3 percent).
    In terms of the number of species, the insect alone
    constitute nearly half of the biodiversity in India
    These species occur on land, fresh and marine waters,
    or occur as symbionts in mutualistic or parasitic state
    with other organisms.

     In the world as a whole, 16, 04,000 species of Monera,


    Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia have been
    described so far.

     However, it is estimated that at least 179, 80,000


    species exist in the world, but as a working figure 122,
    50,000 species are considered to be near reality.
    India is 10th among the plant rich countries of the
    world,
     fourth among the Asian countries,
    eleventh according to the number of endemic species
    of higher vertebrates (amphibia, birds and mammals),
    and
     tenth in the world as far as richness in mammals is
    concerned. 
    The crops which first grew in India and spread
    throughout the world include rice, sugarcane, Asiatic
    vignas(a genus of vines or erect herbs (family
    Leguminosae) , jute, mango, citrus, and banana,
    several species of millets, spices, medicinal, aromatics
    and ornamentals.(beautiful rather than useful)
    India ranks sixth among the centers of diversity and
    origin in terms of agro-biodiversity.

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