New Caledonia
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Hotspot na New Caledonia Biodiversity Hotspot yana Kudancin Pacific, kilomita 1,200 gabas da Ostiraliya. Wurin zafi ya ƙunshi babban tsibirin Grande Terre da ƙananan tsibirin Loyalty zuwa gabas, tsibirin Belep a arewa da Isle of Pines a kudu. Tsibiran Chesterfield da ke gaba zuwa yamma, da tsibiran Matiyu da Hunter da ke gabas, waɗanda ke dogaro da siyasa a New Caledonia, sun haɗa da.
Muhalli na New Caledonia sun haɗa da nau'ikan ciyayi iri-iri, dazuzzukan dazuzzukan ruwan sama-wanda ya taɓa rufe kusan kashi 70 cikin ɗari na yankin -a cikinsu. Yau ciyayi da niaouli (melaleuca quinquenervia) savanna ya mamaye fiye da kashi 32 cikin ɗari na hotspot, kuma sau da yawa baƙi da mazauna suna kuskure a matsayin yanayin yanayin New Caledonia. Waɗannan, a haƙiƙa, sakamakon ayyukan ɗan adam ne, waɗanda ake ci gaba da kiyaye su ta hanyar maimaitawar wuta da kiwo da shanu da kuma barewa suka gabatar.