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    Biosphere Reserves of India : Names and Location

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    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

    2008

    Great Rann of Kutch

    Gujarat

    Desert

    Indian Wild Ass

    1989

    Gulf of Mannar

    Tamil Nadu

    Coasts

    Dugong or Sea Cow

    1989

    Sundarbans

    West Bengal

    2009

    Cold Desert

    Himachal Pradesh

    1988

    Nanda Devi

    Uttarakhand

    No

    Gangetic
    Delta

    Western
    Himalayas

    Western

    Royal Bengal Tiger

    Snow Leopard

    NA

    Himalayas

    1986

    1998

    1999

    2010

    Nilgiri Biosphere
    Reserve

    Dihang-Dibang

    Pachmarhi
    Biosphere Reserve

    Tamil Nadu,
    Kerala and
    Karnataka

    Arunachal Pradesh

    Madhya Pradesh

    Western

    Nilgiri Tahr, Lion-tailed

    Ghats

    macaque

    Eastern
    Himalaya

    Semi-Arid

    Eastern

    Seshachalam Hills

    Andhra Pradesh

    Simlipal

    Odisha

    Achanakamar -

    Madhya Pradesh,

    Maikala

    Amarkantak

    Chhattisgarh

    Hills

    12 1989

    Manas

    Assam

    13 2000

    Khangchendzonga

    Sikkim

    10 1994

    11 2005

    14 2001

    15 1989

    Agasthyamalai
    Biosphere Reserve

    Great Nicobar

    Kerala, Tamil Nadu

    Andaman and

    Ghats

    NA

    Giant Squirrel, Flying Squirrel

    NA

    Deccan

    Gaur, Royal Bengal Tiger, Wild

    Peninsula

    elephant

    East
    Himalayas

    East
    Himalayas

    Western
    ghats

    Islands

    NA

    Golden Langur, Red Panda

    Snow Leopard, Red Panda

    Nilgiri Tahr, Elephants

    Saltwater Crocodile

    Biosphere Reserve

    Nicobar Islands

    16 1988

    Nokrek

    Meghalaya

    17 1997

    Dibru-Saikhowa

    Assam

    East

    Red Panda

    Himalayas

    East

    Golden Langur

    Himalayas

    Tiger, Chital,
    18 2011

    Panna

    Madhya Pradesh

    Ken River

    Chinkara, Sambharand Sloth


    bear

    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 established 18 Biosphere Reserves of India, roughly
    corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected areas. India has over 441 animal
    sanctuaries, referred to as Wildlife sanctuaries (IUCN Category IV Protected
    Area). The National parks of India are IUCN category II protected areas. As of April
    2012, there were 102 national parks in India and more parks on the process of getting
    commissioned

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