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ClearIAS » Environment Notes » Biosphere Reserves of India : Names and Location

Biosphere Reserves of India : Names and Location

Last updated on March 3, 2020 by Alex Andrews George

Biosphere Reserves are large areas of bio diversity where flora and fauna are protected. These regions of environmental protection roughly correspond to IUCN Category V Protected areas. The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves of India, which protect larger areas of natural habitat (than a National Park or Wildlife Sanctuary).

Biosphere Reserves of India often include one or more National Parks or sanctuaries, along with buffer zones that are open to some economic uses.

Protection is granted not only to the flora and fauna of the protected region, but also to the human communities who inhabit these regions, and their ways of life.

List of Biosphere Reserves of India

NB: Those Biosphere reserves in bold are part of World Network of Biosphere Reserves too.

Sl. No
Year
Name
State
Type
Key Fauna
1
2008
Great Rann of Kutch
Gujarat
Desert
Indian Wild Ass
2
1989
Gulf of Mannar
Tamil Nadu
Coasts
Dugong or Sea Cow
3
1989
Sundarbans
West Bengal
Gangetic Delta
Royal Bengal Tiger
4
2009
Cold Desert
Himachal Pradesh
Western Himalayas
Snow Leopard
5
1988
Nanda Devi
Uttarakhand
Western Himalayas
NA
6
1986
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
Western Ghats
Nilgiri Tahr, Lion-tailed macaque
7
1998
Dihang-Dibang
Arunachal Pradesh
Eastern Himalaya
NA
8
1999
Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
Madhya Pradesh
Semi-Arid
Giant Squirrel, Flying Squirrel
9
2010
Seshachalam Hills
Andhra Pradesh
Eastern Ghats
NA
10
1994
Simlipal
Odisha
Deccan Peninsula
Gaur, Royal Bengal Tiger, Wild elephant
11
2005
Achanakamar -Amarkantak
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
Maikala Hills
NA
12
1989
Manas
Assam
East Himalayas
Golden Langur, Red Panda
13
2000
Khangchendzonga
Sikkim
East Himalayas
Snow Leopard, Red Panda
14
2001
Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Western ghats
Nilgiri Tahr, Elephants
15
1989
Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Islands
Saltwater Crocodile
16
1988
Nokrek
Meghalaya
East Himalayas
Red Panda
17
1997
Dibru-Saikhowa
Assam
East Himalayas
Golden Langur
18
2011
Panna
Madhya Pradesh
Ken River
Tiger, Chital, Chinkara, Sambharand Sloth bear

Biosphere Reserves of India in World Network of Biosphere Reserves

Nine of the eighteen biosphere reserves of India are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list. They are given in ‘bold’ in the above list.

Main differences between Biosphere Reserves, National Park and Wild Life Sactuaries

Biosphere Reserves of India
Biosphere Reserves : Schematic Representation

Biosphere Reserves are the biggest entity among the three. The level of restriction in the increasing order is Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks. The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves of India, roughly corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected areas. India has over 441 animal sanctuaries, referred to as Wildlife sanctuaries (IUCN Category IV Protected Area). The National parks of India are IUCN category II protected areas. As of April 2012, there were 102 national parks in India and more parks on the process of getting commissioned.

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Comments

  1. G.K says

    July 29, 2015 at 9:50 am

    good sir, give me more list as for upsc prelims based on ecology.

    Reply
  2. Uday sateri patil says

    August 12, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    Sir please cover last 6 months current affairs & foreign affairs.
    please sir we need it urgent.
    Write article and post it.

    Reply
  3. Bidyut Bikash Borah says

    October 1, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    Manas does not have red panda . it has pigmy hog.

    Reply
    • ayusyh says

      December 4, 2020 at 6:49 pm

      not compulsory

  4. HKR says

    December 26, 2015 at 6:03 pm

    Ya correct Bidyut
    thanks

    Reply
  5. MAINAK MUKHERJEE says

    January 11, 2017 at 8:36 am

    name of 2 or more biosphere reserves in WB

    Reply
    • Tajamul Nigah says

      March 12, 2017 at 12:12 pm

      Sundarbans Biosphere reserve, a UNESCO approved. Famous for Royal Bengal Tiger.

  6. SACHIN KUMAR AGRAWAL says

    May 8, 2017 at 10:09 pm

    Please Update the list. Agasthyamalai has been declared the 10th Biosphere Reserve in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserve.

    Reply
    • Tushar Pawar says

      July 27, 2018 at 9:19 pm

      👍

  7. Sowmya ias says

    December 6, 2017 at 1:21 am

    👍

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  9. Khushi says

    January 18, 2021 at 8:39 pm

    Good

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