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Biosphere reserves of India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere
Reserves in India,[2] (categories roughly corresponding to
IUCN Category V Protected areas), which protect larger
areas of natural habitat (than a National Park or Animal
Sanctuary), and often include one or more National Parks
and/or preserves, along buffer zones that are open to some
economic uses. Protection is granted not only to the flora and
fauna of the protected region, but also to the human
communities who inhabit these regions, and their ways of
life. Animals are protected and saved here.
Contents MAB Biosphere Reserves in India[1]
1 World network
2 List of Biosphere Reserves
3 Potential sites for Biosphere Reserves
4 References
5 External links
World network
Nine of the eighteen biosphere reserves are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on
the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list.[2][3][4]
List of Biosphere Reserves
In 2009, India designated Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh as a biosphere reserve. On September 20,
2010, the Ministry of Environment and Forests designated Seshachalam Hills as the 17th biosphere
reserve. Panna (Madhya Pradesh) was scheduled to become the 18th on August 25, 2011.[2]
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Biosphere reserves of India (area wise)
Key Area
Year Name Location State Type
Fauna (km²)
Part of Waynad, Nilgiri
Nagarhole, Bandipur Tamil Nadu, Tahr,
Nilgiri Biosphere Western
1 1986 and Mudumalai, Kerala and Lion 5520
Reserve Ghats
Nilambur, Silent Valley Karnataka tailed
and Anaimalai Hills macaque
Nanda Devi Parts of Chamoli
National Park & District, Pithoragarh Western
2 1988 Uttarakhand 5860
Biosphere District & Bageshwar Himalayas
Reserve District
Indian part of Gulf of
Mannar extending from
Rameswaram island in Dugong
4 1989 Gulf of Mannar the North to Tamil Nadu Coasts or Sea 10500
Kanyakumari in the Cow
South of Tamil Nadu
and Sri Lanka
East Red
3 1988 Nokrek Part of Garo Hills Meghalaya 820
Himalayas Panda
Part of delta of Ganges Royal
West Gangetic
5 1989 Sundarbans and Barahamaputra Bengal 9630
Bengal Delta
river system Tiger
Part of Kokrajhar, Golden
Bongaigaon, Barpeta, East Langur,
6 1989 Manas Assam 2837
Nalbari, Kamrup and Himalayas Red
Darrang Districts Panda
Gaur,
Royal
Part of Mayurbhanj Deccan Bengal
8 1994 Simlipal Odisha 4374
district Peninsula Tiger,
Wild
elephant
Part of Siang and Arunachal Eastern
10 1998 DihangDibang 5112
Dibang Valley Pradesh Himalaya
Giant
Pachmarhi Parts of Betul District,
Madhya Squirrel,
11 1999 Biosphere Hoshangabad District SemiArid 4981.72
Pradesh Flying
Reserve and Chhindwara District
Squirrel
Part of Annupur, Madhya
Achanakamar Maikala
14 2005 Dindori and Bilaspur Pradesh, 3835
Amarkantak Hills
districts Chhattisgarh
Part of Kutch, Rajkot,
Great Rann of Indian
15 2008 Surendranagar and Gujarat Desert 12454
Kutch Wild Ass
Patan Districts
Pin Valley National
Park and
16 2009 Cold Desert surroundings;Chandratal Himachal Western Snow 7770
Pradesh Himalayas Leopard
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and Sarchu & Kibber
Wildlife Sancturary
Snow
Parts of Kanchanjunga East Leopard,
12 2000 Khangchendzonga Sikkim 2620
Hills Himalayas Red
Panda
Neyyar, Peppara and
Agasthyamalai Nilgiri
Shenduruny Wildlife Kerala, Western
13 2001 Biosphere Tahr, 1828
Sanctuary and their Tamil Nadu ghats
Reserve Elephants
adjoining areas
Great Nicobar Southern most islands of Andaman
Saltwater
7 1989 Biosphere Andaman and Nicobar and Nicobar Islands 885
Crocodile
Reserve Islands Islands
Part of Dibrugarh and East Golden
9 1997 DibruSaikhowa Assam 765
Tinsukia districts Himalayas Langur
Seshachalam Hill
Ranges covering parts Andhra Eastern
17 2010 Seshachalam Hills 4755
of Chittoor and Kadapa Pradesh Ghats
districts
Tiger,
Chital,
catchment
Part of Panna and Madhya Chinkara,
18 2011 Panna area of the 543
Chattarpur Districts Pradesh Sambhar
Ken River
and Sloth
bear
Potential sites for Biosphere Reserves
Following is the list of potential sites for Biosphere Reserves as selected by Ministry of Forests and
Environment:[6]
Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh
Thar Desert, Rajasthan
Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
Kavalam, Kerala
Kanha, Madhya Pradesh
North Islands of Andaman and Nicobar
Abujmarh, Chhattisgarh
Chintapalli, Andhra Pradesh
Lakshadweep Islands, Lakshadweep
Singhbhum
Blue Mountain of Mizoram state.
Tawang and West Kamang
References
1. UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) (http://www.unesco.org/mab/mabProg.shtml)
2. Ministry of Environment and Forests: "Annual Report 20102011" (http://moef.nic.in/report/1011/AR
Eng%20Vol2.pdf)
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