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The term **megadiverse country** refers to any one of a group of nations
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that harbor the majority of [Earth's](Earth "wikilink") species and high
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numbers of endemic species. Conservation International identified 17
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megadiverse countries in 1998. Many of them are located in, or partially
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in, tropical or subtropical regions. Megadiversity means exhibiting
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great biodiversity. The main criteria for megadiverse countries is
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endemis at the level of species, genera and families. A megadiverse
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country must have at least 5,000 species of endemic plants and must
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border marine ecosystems.
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## Megadiverse Countries
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- [Australia](Australia "wikilink")
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- [Brazil](Brazil "wikilink")
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- [China](China "wikilink")
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- [Colombia](Colombia "wikilink")
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- [Democratic Republic of the
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Congo](Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo "wikilink")
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- [Ecuador](Ecuador "wikilink")
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- [India](India "wikilink")
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- [Indonesia](Indonesia "wikilink")
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- [Madagascar](Madagascar "wikilink")
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- [Malaysia](Malaysia "wikilink")
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- [Mexico](Mexico "wikilink")
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- [Papua New Guinea](Papua_New_Guinea "wikilink")
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- [Peru](Peru "wikilink")
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- [Philippines](Philippines "wikilink")
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- [South Africa](South_Africa "wikilink")
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- [United States of America](United_States_of_America "wikilink")
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- [Venezuela](Venezuela "wikilink") |