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{{Short description|National biosphere reserves 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==
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|+'''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]]
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|Moist deciduous forest
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|Bengal tiger, Chinkara, Nilgai, Sambhar, and Sloth bear
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| 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]


Latest revision as of 18:01, 12 March 2022


Template:Wildlife of India The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves[1] (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[edit]

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.[1][2][3]

# 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 & Nicobar Islands 2013
9 Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh 2012[2]
10 Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve Kerala and Tamil Nadu 2016[4]
11 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim 2018[5]
12 Panna Biosphere Reserve Madhya Pradesh 2020[6]

List of biosphere reserves in India[edit]

Biosphere reserves of India[7]
Year Name Location State Type Key fauna Area (km2)
1 1986 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka Western Ghats Nilgiri tahr, tiger, lion-tailed macaque 5520
2 1988 Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District & Bageshwar District Uttarakhand Western Himalayas Snow leopard, Himalayan black bear 5860
3 1989 Gulf of Mannar Indian part of Gulf of Mannar extending from Rameswaram island in the north to Kanyakumari in the south of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka Tamil Nadu Coasts Dugong 10500
4 1988 Nokrek In west Garo Hills Meghalaya Eastern hills Red panda 820.00 
5 1989 Sundarbans Part of delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra river system West Bengal Gangetic Delta Royal Bengal tiger 9630
6 1989 Manas Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts Assam Eastern Hills Asiatic elephant, tiger, Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur, pygmy hog 2837
7 1994 Simlipal Part of Mayurbhanj district Odisha Deccan Peninsula Gaur, royal Bengal tiger, Asian elephant 4374
8 1998 Dihang-Dibang Part of Siang and Dibang Valley Arunachal Pradesh Eastern Himalaya Mishmi takin, musk deer 5112
9 1999 Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad District and Chhindwara District Madhya Pradesh Semi-Arid Giant squirrel, flying squirrel 4981.72
10 2005 Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve Part of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspur districts Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Maikala Hills Four-horned antelope, Indian wild dog, sarus crane, white-rumped vulture, sacred grove bush frog 3835
11 2008 Great Rann of Kutch Part of Kutch, Morbi, Surendranagar and Patan districts; the largest biosphere reserve in India. Gujarat Desert Indian wild ass 12454
12 2009 Cold Desert Pin Valley National Park and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh Western Himalayas Snow leopard 7770
13 2018 Khangchendzonga National Park Parts of Kangchenjunga Sikkim East Himalayas Snow leopard, red panda 2620
14 2016 Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas Kerala, Tamil Nadu Western Ghats Nilgiri tahr, Asian elephant 3500.08
15 2013 Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve Southernmost of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands Islands Saltwater crocodile 885
16 1997 Dibru-Saikhowa Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts Assam Eastern Hills White-winged wood duck, water buffalo, black-breasted parrotbill, tiger, capped langur 765
17 2010 Seshachalam Hills Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts Andhra Pradesh Eastern Hills Slender loris 4755.997[8]
18 2020 Panna Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts in Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Moist deciduous forest Bengal tiger, Chinkara, Nilgai, Sambhar, and Sloth bear 2998.98[9]

Potential sites[edit]

The following is a list of potential sites for Biosphere Reserves as selected by Ministry of Forests and Environment:[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biosphere Reserves in India" (PDF). Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "20 new Biosphere Reserves added to UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme". UNESCO. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Man and the Biosphere Programme". UNESCO. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "20 sites added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves". UNESCO. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Mohan, Vishwa (8 August 2018). "Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve gets entry into the UNESCO's global list". The Economic Times (India). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Panna Biosphere Reserve, India". UNESCO. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Biosphere Reserves Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
  8. ↑ "Biosphere Reserves in India (as on Dec, 2014)". December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Panna Tiger Reserve gets UNESCO's 'Biosphere Reserve' Status". Outlook India. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Status of Biosphere reserves in India" (PDF). ENVIRO NEWS, Ministry of Environment and Forests. January–March 2008. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

External links[edit]

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