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    The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves across India to protect larger areas of natural habitat and human communities that inhabit these regions. Twelve of the biosphere reserves are part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves under the Man and the Biosphere Programme. The biosphere reserves range in size from 820 km2 to over 10,000 km2 and protect various ecosystems and species across India.

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    The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves across India to protect larger areas of natural habitat and human communities that inhabit these regions. Twelve of the biosphere reserves are part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves under the Man and the Biosphere Programme. The biosphere reserves range in size from 820 km2 to over 10,000 km2 and protect various ecosystems and species across India.

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    Biosphere reserves 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 preserves, 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
    Tweleve 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 Madhya Pradesh 2020[6]

    List of biosphere reserves in India


    Biosphere reserves of India
    Area
    Year Name Location State Type Key fauna
    (km2)

    Tamil Nadu,
    Nilgiri Biosphere Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur Western Nilgiri tahr, tiger, lion-
    1 1986 Kerala and 5520
    Reserve and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley Ghats tailed macaque
    Karnataka

    Nanda Devi Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh Western Snow leopard,


    2 1988 Uttarakhand 5860
    Biosphere Reserve District & Bageshwar District Himalayas Himalayan black bear

    Indian part of Gulf of Mannar extending


    from Rameswaram island in the north to
    3 1989 Gulf of Mannar Tamil Nadu Coasts Dugong 10500
    Kanyakumari in the south of Tamil Nadu
    and Sri Lanka

    Eastern
    4 1988 Nokrek In west Garo Hills Meghalaya Red panda 820.00
    hills

    Part of delta of Ganges and Gangetic


    5 1989 Sundarbans West Bengal Royal Bengal tiger 9630
    Brahmaputra river system Delta

    Asiatic elephant, tiger,


    Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Eastern Assam roofed turtle,
    6 1989 Manas Assam 2837
    Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts Hills hispid hare, golden
    langur, pygmy hog

    Deccan Gaur, royal Bengal


    7 1994 Simlipal Part of Mayurbhanj district Odisha 4374
    Peninsula tiger, Asian elephant

    Arunachal Eastern Mishmi takin, musk


    8 1998 Dihang-Dibang Part of Siang and Dibang Valley 5112
    Pradesh Himalaya deer

    Pachmarhi Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad Madhya Giant squirrel, flying


    9 1999 Semi-Arid 4981.72
    Biosphere Reserve District and Chhindwara District Pradesh squirrel

    Four-horned antelope,
    Achanakmar- Madhya Indian wild dog, sarus
    Part of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspur Maikala
    10 2005 Amarkantak Pradesh, crane, white-rumped 3835
    districts Hills
    Biosphere Reserve Chhattisgarh vulture, sacred grove
    bush frog

    Part of Kutch, Morbi, Surendranagar and


    Great Rann of
    11 2008 Patan districts; the largest biosphere Gujarat Desert Indian wild ass 12454
    Kutch
    reserve in India.

    Pin Valley National Park and


    Himachal Western
    12 2009 Cold Desert surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu & Snow leopard 7770
    Pradesh Himalayas
    Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary

    East Snow leopard, red


    13 2000 Khangchendzonga Parts of Kangchenjunga Sikkim 2620
    Himalayas panda

    Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny


    Agasthyamalai Kerala, Tamil Western Nilgiri tahr, Asian
    14 2001 Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining 3500.08
    Biosphere Reserve Nadu Ghats elephant
    areas

    Andaman
    Southernmost of the Andaman and
    15 1989 Great Nicobar and Nicobar Islands Saltwater crocodile 885
    Nicobar Islands
    Islands

    White-winged wood
    duck, water buffalo,
    Eastern
    16 1997 Dibru-Saikhowa Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts Assam black-breasted 765
    Hills
    parrotbill, tiger, capped
    langur

    Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering Andhra Eastern


    17 2010 Seshachalam Hills Slender loris
    parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts Pradesh Hills

    18 2011 Panna Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts Madhya


    in Madhya Pradesh Pradesh

    Potential sites
    The following is a list of potential sites for Biosphere
    Reserves as selected by Ministry of Forests and
    Environment:[7]

    Abujmarh, Chhattisgarh
    Andaman and Nicobar, North Islands
    Chintapalli, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
    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

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