Biosphere Reserve of India

✅Biosphere Reserve (BR) is an international designation by UNESCO for representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large area of terrestrial or coastal/ marine ecosystems or a combination thereof.

✅There are 18 Biosphere Reserves in the country.

1. Cold Desert, Himachal Pradesh

2. Nanda Devi, Uttrakhand

3. Khangchendzonga, Sikkim

4. Dehang-Debang, Arunachal Pradesh

5. Manas, Assam

6. Dibru-Saikhowa, Assam

7. Nokrek, Meghalaya

8. Panna, Madhya Pradesh

9. Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh

10. Achanakmar-Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh

11. Kachchh, Gujarat (Largest Area)

12. Similipal, Odisha

13. Sundarban, West Bengal

14. Seshachalam, Andhra Pradesh

15. Agasthyamala, Karnataka-Tamil Nadu-Kerala

16. Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu-Kerala (First to be Included)

17. Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu

18. Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Island

 

 BIOSPHERE RESERVES

1 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve 

State : Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka 

Year : 2000

2 Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve 

State : Tamil Nadu

Year : 2001

3 Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve

State : West Bengal

Year : 2001

4 Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve 

State : Uttarakhand

Year : 2004

5 Nokrek Biosphere Reserve 

State : Meghalaya 

Year : 2009

6 Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve 

State : Madhya Pradesh 

Year : 2009

7 Simlipal Biosphere Reserve 

State : Odisha

Year : 2009

8 Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve 

State : Andaman & Nicobar Islands 

Year : 2013

9 Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve

State : Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh Year : 2012

10 Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve

State : Kerala and Tamil Nadu 

Year : 2016

11 Khangchendzonga National Park 

State : Sikkim 

Year : 2018

12 Panna 

State: Madhya Pradesh 

Year : 2020

Note : Out of eighteen biosphere reserves in India these Tweleve are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list.

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▶️ Biosphere Reserves in India 

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🔹 Biosphere Reserve

➨ State

➨ Type

🔹 Achanakamar - Amarkantak

➨ Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

➨ Maikala Hills

🔹 Agasthyamalai

➨ Kerala, Tamil Nadu

➨ Western ghats

🔹 Cold Desert

➨ Himachal Pradesh

➨ Western Himalayas

🔹 Dihang-Dibang

➨ Arunachal Pradesh

➨ Eastern Himalaya

🔹 Dibru-Saikhowa

➨ Assam

➨ East Himalayas

🔹 Great Rann of Kutch

➨ Gujarat

➨ Desert

🔹 Gulf of Mannar

➨ Tamil Nadu

➨ Coasts

🔹 Great Nicobar

➨ Andaman and Nicobar Islands

➨ Islands

🔹 Kanchenjunga

➨ Sikkim

➨ East Himalayas

🔹 Manas

➨ Assam

➨ East Himalayas

🔹 Nanda Devi National Park & Biosphere Reserve

➨ Uttarakhand

➨ Western Himalayas

🔹 Nilgiri

➨ Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka

➨ Western Ghats

🔹 Nokrek

➨ Meghalaya

➨ East Himalayas

🔹 Pachmarhi

➨ Madhya Pradesh

➨ Semi-Arid

🔹 Panna

➨ Madhya Pradesh

➨ catchment area of the Ken River

🔹 Sundarbans

➨ West Bengal

➨ Gangetic Delta

🔹 Seshachalam Hills

➨ Andhra Pradesh

➨ Eastern Ghats

🔹 Simlipal

➨ Odisha

➨ Deccan Peninsula

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