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    Biosphere reserves are areas of biodiversity protection that include national parks and sanctuaries as well as buffer zones that allow some economic activity. India has established 18 biosphere reserves to protect diverse ecosystems and habitats. These reserves include the Sundarbans mangrove forest, the Gulf of Mannar coral reefs, and mountain areas like Nanda Devi hosting snow leopards. Nine of India's biosphere reserves are part of the international World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

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    Biosphere reserves are areas of biodiversity protection that include national parks and sanctuaries as well as buffer zones that allow some economic activity. India has established 18 biosphere reserves to protect diverse ecosystems and habitats. These reserves include the Sundarbans mangrove forest, the Gulf of Mannar coral reefs, and mountain areas like Nanda Devi hosting snow leopards. Nine of India's biosphere reserves are part of the international World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

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    Biosphere reserves are areas of biodiversity protection that include national parks and sanctuaries as well as buffer zones that allow some economic activity. India has established 18 biosphere reserves to protect diverse ecosystems and habitats. These reserves include the Sundarbans mangrove forest, the Gulf of Mannar coral reefs, and mountain areas like Nanda Devi hosting snow leopards. Nine of India's biosphere reserves are part of the international World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

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    Biosphere Reserves of India : Names and Location


    Biosphere Reserves are large areas of bio diversity where flora and fauna are
    protected. These regions of environmental protection roughly correspond to IUCN
    Category V Protected areas. The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere
    Reserves of India, which protect larger areas of natural habitat (than a National
    Park or Wildlife Sanctuary).
    Biosphere Reserves of India often include one or more National Parks or
    sanctuaries, 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.

    List of Biosphere Reserves of India


    NB: Those Biosphere reserves in bold are part of World Network of Biosphere
    Reserves too.
    Sl. Year

    Name

    State

    Type

    Key Fauna

    Great Rann of

    Gujarat

    Desert

    Indian Wild Ass

    2 1989 Gulf of Mannar

    Tamil Nadu

    Coasts

    DugongorSea Cow

    3 1989

    West Bengal Gangetic

    No
    1 2008

    Kutch

    Sundarbans

    Royal Bengal Tiger

    Delta
    4 2009

    5 1988

    Cold Desert

    Nanda Devi

    Himachal

    Western

    Pradesh

    Himalayas

    Uttarakhand Western

    Snow Leopard

    NA

    Himalayas
    6 1986 Nilgiri Biosphere Tamil Nadu,

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    Western

    Nilgiri Tahr,Lion-tailed

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    Reserve

    Keralaand

    Ghats

    macaque

    Arunachal

    Eastern

    NA

    Pradesh

    Himalaya

    Pachmarhi

    Madhya

    Semi-Arid

    Biosphere

    Pradesh

    Karnataka
    7 1998

    8 1999

    Dihang-Dibang

    Giant Squirrel,Flying
    Squirrel

    Reserve
    9 2010 Seshachalam Hills

    10 1994

    Simlipal

    11 2005 AchanakamarAmarkantak

    Andhra

    Eastern

    NA

    Pradesh

    Ghats

    Odisha

    Deccan

    Gaur,Royal Bengal

    Peninsula

    Tiger,Wild elephant

    Madhya

    Maikala

    NA

    Pradesh,

    Hills

    Chhattisgarh
    12 1989

    Manas

    Assam

    East

    Golden Langur,Red Panda

    Himalayas
    13 2000 Khangchendzonga

    Sikkim

    East

    Snow Leopard,Red Panda

    Himalayas
    14 2001

    Agasthyamalai

    Kerala,Tamil

    Western

    Biosphere Reserve

    Nadu

    ghats

    Andaman

    Islands

    Saltwater Crocodile

    East

    Red Panda

    15 1989 Great Nicobar

    16 1988

    Biosphere

    and Nicobar

    Reserve

    Islands

    Nokrek

    Meghalaya

    Nilgiri Tahr,Elephants

    Himalayas
    17 1997 Dibru-Saikhowa

    Assam

    East

    Golden Langur

    Himalayas
    18 2011

    Panna

    Madhya
    Pradesh

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    Ken River

    Tiger,Chital,
    Chinkara,SambharandSloth

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    Biosphere Reserves of India in World Network of Biosphere


    Reserves
    Nine of the eighteen biosphere reserves of India are a part of the World Network
    of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
    Programme list. They are given in bold in the above list.

    Main differences between Biosphere Reserves, National Park and Wild


    Life Sactuaries

    Biosphere Reserves :Schematic Representation

    Biosphere Reserves are the biggest entity among the three. The level of restriction
    in the increasing order is Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries and National
    Parks.The Indian government has established18Biosphere Reserves of India,
    roughly corresponding toIUCNCategory V Protected areas.Indiahas
    over441animal sanctuaries, referred to asWildlife sanctuaries(IUCNCategory

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    IVProtected Area).TheNational parks of IndiaareIUCNcategory IIprotected


    areas.As of April 2012, there were102national parks in India and more parks on
    the process of getting commissioned.

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