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PROTECTED AREA NETWORK

NATIONAL INITIATIVE


 

15.1. PROTECTED AREAS (PA)15.2. WILD LIFE SANCTUARY (WLS)National Park (NP)Difference between the two15.2.1. General Provision for Sanctuary and National Park Declaration of the Protected Area by the State Government:Declared by the Central Government:BoundariesClaim of rights:15.3. CONSERVATION RESERVE AND COMMUNITY RESERVES15.3.1. Conservation Reserves15.3.2. Community Reserve15.4. COASTAL PROTECTED AREAS15.5. SACRED GROVES OF INDIA15.5.1. Classification of Sacred Groves15.5.2. Ecological Significance15.5.3. Distribution of Sacred Groves in India15.5.4. Threats to the Sacred Groves15.6. EXPORT - PROHIBITED GOODS15.7. THE MAN AND BIOSPHERE (MAB)15.8. BIOSPHERE RESERVE (BR)15.8.1. Definition15.8.3. Characteristics of Biosphere reserve15.8.4. Functions of Biosphere ReservesBeneficiaries15.8.5. National Biosphere Reserve Programme.15.8.6. Criteria for selection of BRsSecondary criteria15.8.7. Structure and Design of Biosphere1. The Core Zone:2. The Buffer Zone:3. The Transition Zone:15.8.8. How Biosphere Reserves are different from protected areas?However, the Biosphere Reserves differ from protected areas due to their emphasis on:15.9. WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES (WNBR)15.9.1. The World Network15.10. BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS15.10.1. The hottest hot spotsFactors1. The Eastern Himalayas Hot Spot About the region:2. Indo-Burma3. Western Ghats and Sri Lanka:15.11. BIODIVERSITY COLDSPOTS15.12. WORLD HERITAGE SITES15.11.1 CriteriaInternational Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May