Biodiversity Hotspot of the Coastal Forest of Eastern Africa. 2026. (Biodiversity Hotspots of the World, 3). 25 tabs. 84 (76 col.) figs.326 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

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This volume covers the Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot that stretches along the eastern edge of Africa and includes parts of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. All islands lying immediately offshore are also part of the hotspot—Pemba, Zanzibar, Mafia and the Bazaruto Archipelago among them. While it is difficult to document the biodiversity of this inhospitable terrain, the coastal forests have exceptionally rich biodiversity and high endemism, with 11,000 species of plants and animals, including 1000 species of seaweed, 3000 species of mollusks, and 1500 species of fish. Anthropogenic activities including deforestation, fragmentation of habitats, pollution, increased human population, climate change, and poaching of wildlife pose serious threats to the biodiversity of the region.

This volume covers the geography, climate, and soil as well as the impact of climate change on the region, while also detailing the vegetation types, the various insects and invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, mammals large and small, as well as coverage of the threats to and conservation of the rich biodiversity of the regio