Complete List of Biosphere Reserves in India - NCERT Notes

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A biosphere reserve is an ecosystem with plants and animals of unusual scientific and natural interest. The biosphere reserve network was launched in 1976, two years after the initiation of Man and The Biosphere (MAB) programme. A biosphere reserve consists of three zones: Core, Buffer and Transition Area.

1. Core Zone: No human activity is permitted in this zone,
2. Buffer Zone: It surrounds the core area, where a limited access permits to local people for the gathering of resources, and
3. Transition Zones: It is the outermost zone, which is open to human settlements and resource gathering.

LIST OF IMPORTANT BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN INDIA

1. Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve - West Bengal

2. Similipal Biosphere Reserve - Odisha

3. Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve - Madhya Pradesh

4. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve -     Meghalaya

5. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve - Tamil Nadu - This is the first Biosphere of India notified in 1986.

6. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve - Uttarakhand

7. Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve - Tamil Nadu

8. Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve - Great Nicobar - This is the only biosphere reserve in India that entirely lies in the Union Territory

9. Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve - Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

10. Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve - Kerala and Tamil Nadu

11. Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve - Sikkim - It is the only mixed heritage site in UNESCO’s world heritage sites list

The above listed 11 Biosphere Reserves in India are in the UNESCO's World Heritage Sites List

12. Seshachalam Hills - Andhra Pradesh

13. Panna - Madhya Pradesh

14. Cold Desert - Himachal Pradesh

15. Kachcha - Gujarat

16. Dehang Dibang - Arunachal Pradesh

17. Dibru Saikhowa - Assam

18. Manas - Assam

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