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5. Biosphere reserves


Biosphere reserves are sites established by countries and recognized under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and sound science. The programme of Biosphere Reserve was initiated by UNESCO in 1971.


S.No

Name

Location (State)

1.

Achanakamar - Amarkantak

Covers parts of Anupur and Dindori districts of M.P. and parts of Bilaspur districts of Chhattishgarh State.

2.

Agasthyamalai

Neyyar, Peppara and Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuaries and their adjoining areas in Kerala.

3.

Cold Desert

Pin Valley National Park and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sancturary in Himachal Pradesh




4.

Dehang-Dibang

Part of Siang and Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh.

5.

Dibru-Saikhowa

Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts (Assam)

6.

Great Nicobar

Southern most islands of Andaman And Nicobar (A&N Islands).

S.No

Name

Location (State)

7.

Gulf of Mannar


Indian part of Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka (Tamil Nadu).

8.

Kachchh

Part of Kachchh, Rajkot, Surendra Nagar and Patan Civil Districts of Gujarat State

9.

Khang chendzonga


Parts of Khang chendzonga hills and Sikkim.

10.

Manas

Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamprup and Darang districts (Assam)

11.

Nanda Devi

Part of Chamoli, Pithoragarh, and Bageshwar districts (Uttarakhand).

12.

Nilgiri

Part of Wayanad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Madumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and Siruvani hills (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka).

13.

Nokrek

Part of Garo hills (Meghalaya).

14.

Pachmarhi

Parts of Betul, Hoshangabad and Chindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh.

15.

Seshachalam Hills

Seshachalam Hill


Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts of Andhra

Pradesh

16.

Simlipal

Part of Mayurbhanj district (Orissa).

17.

Sunderbans

Part of delta of Ganges and Brahamaputra river system (West Bengal).

18.

Panna

Part of Panna and Chhatarpur districts in Madhya Pradesh.


6. List of INDIA‘s Biosphere Reserves in UNESCO’S WNBR.


S.No

NAME

STATE

1.

Nilgiri

Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka

2.

Gulf of Mannar

Tamil Nadu

3.

Sunderbans

West Bengal

4.

Nanda Devi

Uttarakhand

5.

Nokrek

Meghalaya

6.

Pachmarhi

Madhya Pradesh

7.

Similipal

Orissa

8.

Achanakmar-Amarkantak

Chhattishgarh

9.

Great Nicobar

Andaman & Nicobar

10.

Agasthyamalai

Kerala and Tamil Nadu


Biosphere Reserve


11.

Khangchendzonga


National Park

Sikkim