India's incredible biosphere reserve.
The biosphere reserve network was launched in 1971 by UNESCO, two years after the initiation of MAB- Man and the biosphere program.
As per the law, these regions of environmental protection related to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Category V Protected areas. Biosphere Reserve (BR) is an international designation by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large areas of terrestrial or coastal/marine ecosystems or a combination of both.
There are 18 biosphere reserves in India:
Cold Desert, Himachal Pradesh
Nanda Devi, Uttrakhand
Khangchendzonga, Sikkim
Dehang-Debang, Arunachal Pradesh
Manas, Assam
Dibru-Saikhowa, Assam
Nokrek, Meghalaya
Panna, Madhya Pradesh (Smallest Area)
Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh
Achanakmar-Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh
Kachchh, Gujarat (Largest Area)
Similipal, Odisha
Sundarban, West Bengal
Seshachalam, Andhra Pradesh
Agasthyamalai, Tamil Nadu-Kerala
Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu-Kerala (First to be Included)
Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu
Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Island
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