Geography: Biosphere Reserve in India

Geography: Biosphere Reserve in India

Structure of Biosphere Reserve:

  1. Core Areas:
  • It is the most protected area of a biosphere reserve.It may contain endemic plants and animals.
  • A core zone is a protected region, like a National Park or Sanctuary/protected/regulated mostly under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. It is kept free from human interference.
  1. Buffer Zone:
  • The buffer zone surrounds the core zoneand its activities are managed in this area in the ways that help in the protection of the core zone in its natural condition.
  • It includes restoration, limited tourism, fishing, grazing, etc; which are permitted to reduce its effect on the core zone.
  • Research and educational activitiesare to be encouraged.
  1. Transition Zone:
  • It is theoutermost part of the biosphere reserve. It is the zone of cooperation where human ventures and conservation are done in harmony.
  • It includes settlements, croplands, managed forests and areas for intensive recreation and other economic uses characteristics of the region.

 

List of Important Biosphere Reserve: State-Wise

Biosphere Reserve

State

Remarks

 Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve

West Bengal

 

 Similipal Biosphere Reserve

Odisha

 

Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve

 Madhya Pradesh 

 

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve

Meghalaya

 

 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Tamil Nadu

 This is the first Biosphere of India notified in 1986.

 Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

Uttarakhand

 

Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve

Tamil Nadu

 

Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve

Great Nicobar

 This is the only biosphere reserve in India that entirely lies in the Union Territory

Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve

Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

 

Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

 

Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve

Sikkim

It is the only mixed heritage site in UNESCO’s world heritage sites list

Seshachalam Hills

Andhra Pradesh

 

 Panna

Madhya Pradesh

It is the latest added biosphere reserve in 2011

 Cold Desert

Himachal Pradesh

 

 Kachcha

Gujarat

 

Dehang Dibang

Arunachal Pradesh

 

Dibru Saikhowa

Assam

 

 Manas

Assam

 

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