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			{{Short description\|National biosphere reserves of India}}
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	{{Wildlife of India}}		{{Wildlife of India}}
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	\| [[Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve]] \|\| [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] \|\| 2012<ref name="UNESCO 2012">{{cite web \|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/rio-20/single-view/news/20_new_biosphere_reserves_added_to_unescos_man_and_the_bi/ \|title=20 new Biosphere Reserves added to UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme \|publisher=UNESCO \|date=11 July 2012 \|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>		\| [[Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve]] \|\| [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] \|\| 2012<ref name="UNESCO 2012">{{cite web \|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/rio-20/single-view/news/20_new_biosphere_reserves_added_to_unescos_man_and_the_bi/ \|title=20 new Biosphere Reserves added to UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme \|publisher=UNESCO \|date=11 July 2012 \|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

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	\| [[Khangchendzonga National Park]] \|\| [[Sikkim]] \|\| 2018<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/the-good-earth/kanchenjunga-biosphere-reserve-gets-entry-into-the-unescos-global-list/articleshow/65327646.cms \|title=Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve gets entry into the UNESCO's global list \|newspaper=The Economic Times (India) \|first=Vishwa \|last=Mohan \|date=8 August 2018 \|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>		\| [[Khangchendzonga National Park]] \|\| [[Sikkim]] \|\| 2018<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/the-good-earth/kanchenjunga-biosphere-reserve-gets-entry-into-the-unescos-global-list/articleshow/65327646.cms \|title=Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve gets entry into the UNESCO's global list \|newspaper=The Economic Times (India) \|first=Vishwa \|last=Mohan \|date=8 August 2018 \|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

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	\|[[Panna National Park]] \|\| [[Madhya Pradesh]] \|\| 2020<ref>{{cite ~~news~~ \|url=https://~~timesofindia~~.~~indiatimes~~.~~com~~/~~travel~~//~~mps-~~panna~~-tiger-reserve-now-a-unesco-biosphere-reserve/as79043258.cms~~ \|~~title~~=~~MP's Panna Tiger Reserve now a~~ UNESCO ~~Biosphere Reserve~~ \|~~newspaper~~=~~Times of India~~ \|~~date~~=~~4 Nov 2020~~ \|~~access-~~date=~~2 December~~ 2020}}</ref>		\| [[Panna National Park\|Panna]] Biosphere Reserve \|\| [[Madhya Pradesh]] \|\| 2020<ref>{{cite web \|title=Panna Biosphere Reserve, India \|url=https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/aspac/panna \|website=UNESCO \|access-date=28 January 2022 \|language=en \|date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
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	==List of biosphere reserves in India==		==List of biosphere reserves in India==
	{\| class="sortable wikitable"		{\| class="sortable wikitable"
	\|+~~'''~~Biosphere reserves of India~~'''~~		\|+ Biosphere reserves of India<ref>[https://moef.gov.in/en/biosphere-reserves/ Biosphere Reserves] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.</ref>
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	! !! Year !! Name !! Location !! State !! Type !! Key fauna !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)		! !! Year !! Name !! Location !! State !! Type !! Key fauna !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
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	\|~~2000~~ \|\| [[Khangchendzonga National Park]] \|\| Parts of [[Kangchenjunga]] \|\| [[Sikkim]] \|\| [[East Himalayas]] \|\|[[Snow leopard]], [[red panda]]\|\| align="right" \| 2620		\|2018 \|\| [[Khangchendzonga National Park]] \|\| Parts of [[Kangchenjunga]] \|\| [[Sikkim]] \|\| [[East Himalayas]] \|\|[[Snow leopard]], [[red panda]]\|\| align="right" \| 2620
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	\|~~2001~~ \|\| [[Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve]] \|\| [[Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary\|Neyyar]], [[Peppara]] and [[Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary]] and their adjoining areas \|\| [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]] \|\| [[Western Ghats]] \|\|[[Nilgiri tahr]], [[Asian elephant]]\|\| align="right" \| 3500.08		\|2016 \|\| [[Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve]] \|\| [[Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary\|Neyyar]], [[Peppara]] and [[Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary]] and their adjoining areas \|\| [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]] \|\| [[Western Ghats]] \|\|[[Nilgiri tahr]], [[Asian elephant]]\|\| align="right" \| 3500.08
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	\|~~1989~~ \|\| [[Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve]] \|\| Southernmost of the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] \|\| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] \|\| [[Islands]] \|\|[[Saltwater crocodile]]\|\| align="right" \| 885		\|2013 \|\| [[Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve]] \|\| Southernmost of the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] \|\| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] \|\| [[Islands]] \|\|[[Saltwater crocodile]]\|\| align="right" \| 885
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	\|2010 \|\| [[Seshachalam Hills]] \|\| Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts \|\| [[Andhra Pradesh]]		\|2010 \|\| [[Seshachalam Hills]] \|\| Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts \|\| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
	\|[[Eastern Hills]]		\|[[Eastern Hills]]
	\|[[Slender loris]] \|\| align="right" \| 4755.997<ref>http://www.wiienvis.nic.in/Database/BiosphereReserves_8225.aspx</ref>		\|[[Slender loris]] \|\| align="right" \| 4755.997<ref name=envis>{{cite web \|url=http://www.wiienvis.nic.in/Database/BiosphereReserves_8225.aspx \|title=Biosphere Reserves in India (as on Dec, 2014) \|date=December 2014 \|access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
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	\|~~2011~~ \|\| [[Panna National Park\|Panna]] \|\| Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts in Madhya Pradesh \|\| [[Madhya Pradesh]]		\|2020 \|\| [[Panna National Park\|Panna]] \|\| Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts in Madhya Pradesh \|\| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
	\|		\|Moist deciduous forest
	\|		\|Bengal tiger, Chinkara, Nilgai, Sambhar, and Sloth bear
	\| align="right" \| ~~542~~.7<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/70818/panna-tiger-reserve-gets-unescos-biosphere-reserve-status</ref>		\| align="right" \| 2998.98<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/70818/panna-tiger-reserve-gets-unescos-biosphere-reserve-status \|title=Panna Tiger Reserve gets UNESCO’s ‘Biosphere Reserve’ Status \|publisher=[[Outlook India]] \|date=7 November 2020 \|access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
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	* [[Thar Desert]], Rajasthan		* [[Thar Desert]], Rajasthan
	* [[Tadoba National Park]] and [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]], Maharashtra		* [[Tadoba National Park]] and [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]], Maharashtra

			==See also==

			* [[Bodhi Tree]]
			* [[List of Banyan trees in India]]
			* [[List of national parks of India]]
			* [[Sacred groves of India]]
			* [[Sacred tree]]s
			* [[Wildlife sanctuaries of India]]

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	{{Commons category\|Biosphere reserves of India\|<br/>Biosphere reserves of India}}		{{Commons category\|Biosphere reserves of India\|<br />Biosphere reserves of India}}
	*{{webarchive \|url=https://archive.is/20040509084830/http://www.wii.gov.in/nwdc/biosphere.htm \|title=Wildlife Institute of India webpage on India's Biosphere Reserves \|date=9 May 2004}}		*{{webarchive \|url=https://archive.today/20040509084830/http://www.wii.gov.in/nwdc/biosphere.htm \|title=Wildlife Institute of India webpage on India's Biosphere Reserves \|date=9 May 2004}}
	*{{webarchive \|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011125100208/http%3A//www.wcmc.org.uk/igcmc/parks/un93.html \|title=United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas: India (1993) \|date=25 November 2001}}		*{{webarchive \|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011125100208/http%3A//www.wcmc.org.uk/igcmc/parks/un93.html \|title=United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas: India (1993) \|date=25 November 2001}}
			*[https://generalknowledgeplus.com/18-biosphere-reserve-in-india-unesco-world-network/ Biosphere reserves of India]
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060720181057/http://www.envfor.nic.in/report/0102/chap03.html Ministry of Environment and Forests]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060720181057/http://www.envfor.nic.in/report/0102/chap03.html Ministry of Environment and Forests]

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{{Wildlife of India}}
The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves<ref name="MOEF 2011">{{cite web |url=http://moef.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/biosphere.pdf |title=Biosphere Reserves in India |publisher=Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |date=2019 |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> (categories roughly correspondingly to [[IUCN]] Category V [[Protected areas]]) to protect larger areas of natural habitat than a typical [[national park]] or [[animal sanctuary]], and that often include one or more national parks or reserves, along with 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.

==World network==
Twelve 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.<ref name="MOEF 2011"/><ref name="UNESCO 2012"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/mab/BRs/AsiaBRlist.shtml#I |title=Man and the Biosphere Programme |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !!Name !! States/ UT !! Year
|-
|1
| [[Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]] || 2000
|-
|2
| [[Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve]] ||[[Tamil Nadu]]|| 2001
|-
|3
| [[Sundarbans]] Biosphere Reserve || [[West Bengal]] || 2001
|-
|4
| [[Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Uttarakhand]] || 2004
|-
|5
| [[Nokrek Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Meghalaya]] || 2009
|-
|6
| [[Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || 2009
|-
|7
| [[Simlipal Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Odisha]] || 2009
|-
|8
| [[Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve]] ||[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman & Nicobar Islands]]|| 2013
|-
|9
| [[Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] || 2012<ref name="UNESCO 2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/rio-20/single-view/news/20_new_biosphere_reserves_added_to_unescos_man_and_the_bi/ |title=20 new Biosphere Reserves added to UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme |publisher=UNESCO |date=11 July 2012 |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

|-
|10
| [[Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] || 2016<ref name="UNESCO 2016">{{cite web |url=https://en.unesco.org/news/20-sites-added-unesco-s-world-network-biosphere-reserves |title=20 sites added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves |publisher=UNESCO |date=19 March 2016 |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|11
| [[Khangchendzonga National Park]] || [[Sikkim]] || 2018<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/the-good-earth/kanchenjunga-biosphere-reserve-gets-entry-into-the-unescos-global-list/articleshow/65327646.cms |title=Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve gets entry into the UNESCO's global list |newspaper=The Economic Times (India) |first=Vishwa |last=Mohan |date=8 August 2018 |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

|-
|12
|[[Panna National Park]] || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || 2020<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel//mps-panna-tiger-reserve-now-a-unesco-biosphere-reserve/as79043258.cms |title=MP's Panna Tiger Reserve now a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve |newspaper=Times of India |date=4 Nov 2020 |access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|}

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==List of biosphere reserves in India==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+'''Biosphere reserves of India'''
|-
! !! Year !! Name !! Location !! State !! Type !! Key fauna !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|1
|1986 || [[Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve]] || Part of [[Waynad]], [[Nagarhole]], [[Bandipur National Park|Bandipur]] and [[Mudumalai National Park|Mudumalai]], [[Nilambur]], [[Silent Valley National Park|Silent Valley]] || [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]] || [[Western Ghats]] ||[[Nilgiri tahr]], [[tiger]], [[lion-tailed macaque]]|| align="right" | 5520
|-
|2
|1988 || [[Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve]]
|| Parts of [[Chamoli District]], [[Pithoragarh District]] & [[Bageshwar District]] || [[Uttarakhand]] || Western [[Himalayas]] ||[[Snow leopard]], [[Himalayan black bear]] || align="right" | 5860
|-
|3
|1989 || [[Gulf of Mannar]] || Indian part of [[Gulf of Mannar]] extending from [[Rameswaram]] island in the north to [[Kanyakumari district|Kanyakumari]] in the south of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka || [[Tamil Nadu]] || [[Coasts]] ||[[Dugong]] || align="right" | 10500
|-
|4
|1988 || [[Nokrek]] || In [[west Garo Hills]] || [[Meghalaya]] || [[Eastern hills]] ||[[Red panda]]|| align="right" | 820.00 
|-
|5
|1989 || [[Sundarbans]] || Part of delta of [[Ganges]] and [[Brahmaputra]] river system || [[West Bengal]] || [[Gangetic Delta]] ||[[Royal Bengal tiger]]|| align="right" | 9630
|-
|6
|1989 || [[Manas National Park|Manas]] || Part of [[Kokrajhar district|Kokrajhar]], [[Bongaigaon district|Bongaigaon]], [[Barpeta district|Barpeta]], [[Nalbari district|Nalbari]], [[Kamrup district|Kamrup]] and [[Darrang District]]s || [[Assam]] || [[Eastern Hills]] ||[[Asiatic elephant]], tiger, [[Assam roofed turtle]], [[hispid hare]], [[golden langur]], [[pygmy hog]]|| align="right" | 2837
|-
|7
|1994 || [[Similipal National Park|Simlipal]] || Part of [[Mayurbhanj district]] || [[Odisha]] || [[Deccan Peninsula]] ||[[Gaur]], [[royal Bengal tiger]], [[Asian elephant]]|| align="right" | 4374
|-
|8
|1998 || [[Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve|Dihang-Dibang]] || Part of [[Siang Valley|Siang]] and [[Dibang Valley]] || [[Arunachal Pradesh]] || [[Eastern Himalaya]] ||[[Mishmi takin]], [[musk deer]]|| align="right" | 5112
|-
|9
|1999 || [[Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve]] || Parts of [[Betul District]], [[Hoshangabad District]] and [[Chhindwara District]] || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || [[Semi-Arid]] ||[[Giant squirrel]], [[flying squirrel]]|| align="right" | 4981.72
|-
|10
|2005 || [[Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve]] || Part of [[Anuppur District|Annupur]], [[Dindori District|Dindori]] and [[Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] districts || [[Madhya Pradesh]], Chhattisgarh || [[Maikala Hills]] ||[[Four-horned antelope]], [[Indian wild dog]], [[sarus crane]], [[white-rumped vulture]], [[Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus|sacred grove bush frog]]|| align="right" | 3835
|-
|11
|2008 || [[Great Rann of Kutch]] || Part of [[Kutch district|Kutch]], [[Morbi district|Morbi]], [[Surendranagar]] and Patan districts; the largest biosphere reserve in India.||[[Gujarat]] || [[Desert]] || [[Indian wild ass]] || align="right" | 12454
|-
|12
|2009 || [[Cold Desert]] || [[Pin Valley National Park]] and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary|| [[Himachal Pradesh]] || Western [[Himalayas]] ||[[Snow leopard]]|| align="right" | 7770
|-
|13
|2000 || [[Khangchendzonga National Park]] || Parts of [[Kangchenjunga]] || [[Sikkim]] || [[East Himalayas]] ||[[Snow leopard]], [[red panda]]|| align="right" | 2620
|-
|14
|2001 || [[Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve]] || [[Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary|Neyyar]], [[Peppara]] and [[Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary]] and their adjoining areas || [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]] || [[Western Ghats]] ||[[Nilgiri tahr]], [[Asian elephant]]|| align="right" | 3500.08
|-
|15
|1989 || [[Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve]] || Southernmost of the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] || [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] || [[Islands]] ||[[Saltwater crocodile]]|| align="right" | 885
|-
|16
|1997 || [[Dibru-Saikhowa]] || Part of [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]] and [[Tinsukia district]]s || [[Assam]] || [[Eastern Hills]] ||[[White-winged wood duck]], [[water buffalo]], [[black-breasted parrotbill]], tiger, [[capped langur]] || align="right" | 765
|-
|17
|2010 || [[Seshachalam Hills]] || Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts || [[Andhra Pradesh]]
|[[Eastern Hills]]
|[[Slender loris]] || align="right" | 4755.997<ref>http://www.wiienvis.nic.in/Database/BiosphereReserves_8225.aspx</ref>
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|18
|2011 || [[Panna National Park|Panna]] || Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts in Madhya Pradesh || [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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| align="right" | 542.7<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/70818/panna-tiger-reserve-gets-unescos-biosphere-reserve-status</ref>
|-
|}

== Potential sites ==
The following is a list of potential sites for Biosphere Reserves as selected by Ministry of Forests and Environment:<ref>{{cite web |title=Status of Biosphere reserves in India |url=http://envfor.nic.in/news/janmar08/environews_jan_mar08.pdf |date=January–March 2008|page=9 |publisher=ENVIRO NEWS, Ministry of Environment and Forests |volume=14|access-date=1 June 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130120033254/http://envfor.nic.in/news/janmar08/environews_jan_mar08.pdf |archive-date = 20 January 2013}}</ref>

* [[Abujmarh]], Chhattisgarh
* [[Andaman and Nicobar]], North Islands
* [[Chintapalle, Visakhapatnam|Chintapalli]], [[Visakhapatnam]] [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Kanha National Park|Kanha]], Madhya Pradesh
* [[Kovalam]], Kerala
* [[Lakshadweep Islands]], Lakshadweep
* [[Little Rann of Kutch]], Gujarat
* [[Phawngpui]] (Blue Mountain), [[Mizoram]]
* [[Namdapha]], Arunachal Pradesh
* [[Singhbhum]], Jharkhand
* [[Tawang]] and [[West Kameng]], Arunachal Pradesh
* [[Thar Desert]], Rajasthan
* [[Tadoba National Park]] and [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]], Maharashtra

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Biosphere reserves of India|<br/>Biosphere reserves of India}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://archive.is/20040509084830/http://www.wii.gov.in/nwdc/biosphere.htm |title=Wildlife Institute of India webpage on India's Biosphere Reserves |date=9 May 2004}}
*{{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011125100208/http%3A//www.wcmc.org.uk/igcmc/parks/un93.html |title=United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas: India (1993) |date=25 November 2001}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060720181057/http://www.envfor.nic.in/report/0102/chap03.html Ministry of Environment and Forests]

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