Talk:Megadiverse countries

message: It says there are 17 countries, but the map clearly highlights more than 17 countries. Or am I seeing things?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.27.209.247 (talk) 22:17, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: 17 countries?

message: Iran is not highlighted on the map.
Why does the map not highlight the United States? and why does it highlight Taiwan (Republic of China) which has a disputed status over whether it is independent from the People's Republic? SCHZMO ✍ 20:39, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: How is it possible that Costa Rica (by any measure one of the most ecologically diverse countries in the world, despite its small size) is not listed here? Moreover, I notice that it was one of the original signatories of the "like-minded megadiverse countries" group. - Potosino 04:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Costa Rica 

message: The page on Australia: Flora and fauna states that Australia is a megadiverse country.  Which of these two pages is incorrect?  FienX 23:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Australia

message: I notice the various remarks about other highly diverse tropical countries not being on the list. If you follow the first reference you can read a description of the criteria for megadiversity. It is not merely enough to have a high number of species in a country but also that the species represented are mostly endemic (i.e. they are not found in other countries). This tends to favour larger countries and islands because they are probably going to have more endemic species as a function of geography. On a related note there is a very interesting article in The Economist  regarding the issue of "species inflation" where conservationists are possibly fragmenting species to make taxonomic groups appear more rare or unique. This is likely to have a strong influence on perceptions of biodiversity especially in developed countries where there are more conservation groups. Edwin s 03:41, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments re missing countries 

message: It says in the introduction that there are 17 megadiverse countries and and the following section it then lists 18 countries. I assume that the 17 should be 18 but I don't wanna make any changes that I'm not 100% sure of. Fatla00 (talk) 06:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Kenya is not cited by the Australian article, so it's 17 countries. --Pixeltoo (talk) 01:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of Countries 

message: It appears that not much info is available on the 18 megadivere countries but that the Like Minded Megadiverse Countries (LMMC) has extensive information on various websites. That information should be incorporated here and the article could be either expanded on those lines, or a seperate article created for the LMMC. Enviropearson (talk) 21:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion on lines of LMMC 

message: How come Argentina is not in the list? That country boast 3 million sq km and has all the climates, from subtropical to antartic. This list must have been made by an american student.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.73 (talk) 13:06, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  List made by naive student 

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message: Tanzania is also mega diverse country 196.249.98.57 (talk) 17:40, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tanzania 

message: The linked source says India has "45000" vascular plant species, not "15000".
Did someone make a mistake copying the text?
There's obviously a substantial difference. 2A02:3102:AD00:580:5C69:1E6E:EC7B:A55 (talk) 18:33, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  India - vascular plant species