World network
Twelve of
the eighteen biosphere reserves are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list.
# |
Name |
States/ UT |
Year |
1 |
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka |
2000 |
|
2 |
2001 |
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3 |
Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve |
2001 |
|
4 |
2004 |
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5 |
2009 |
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6 |
2009 |
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7 |
2009 |
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8 |
2013 |
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9 |
2012[2] |
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10 |
Kerala and Tamil Nadu |
2016[4] |
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11 |
2018[5] |
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12 |
2020[6] |
List of
biosphere reserves in India
|
Year |
Name |
Location |
State |
Type |
Key fauna |
Area (km2) |
1 |
1986 |
Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley |
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka |
5520 |
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2 |
1988 |
Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District & Bageshwar District |
Western Himalayas |
5860 |
|||
3 |
1989 |
Indian part of Gulf of Mannar extending from Rameswaram island
in the north to Kanyakumari in the south of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka |
10500 |
||||
4 |
1988 |
820.00 |
|||||
5 |
1989 |
Part of delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra river system |
9630 |
||||
6 |
1989 |
Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts |
Asiatic elephant, tiger, Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur, pygmy hog |
2837 |
|||
7 |
1994 |
Part of Mayurbhanj district |
4374 |
||||
8 |
1998 |
Part of Siang and Dibang Valley |
5112 |
||||
9 |
1999 |
Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad District and Chhindwara District |
4981.72 |
||||
10 |
2005 |
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
Four-horned antelope, Indian wild dog, sarus crane, white-rumped vulture, sacred grove bush frog |
3835 |
|||
11 |
2008 |
Part of Kutch, Morbi, Surendranagar and Patan districts; the largest biosphere
reserve in India. |
12454 |
||||
12 |
2009 |
Pin Valley National Park and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu &
Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary |
Western Himalayas |
7770 |
|||
13 |
2000 |
Parts of Kangchenjunga |
2620 |
||||
14 |
2001 |
Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas |
3500.08 |
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15 |
1989 |
Southernmost of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
885 |
||||
16 |
1997 |
Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts |
White-winged wood duck, water buffalo, black-breasted parrotbill, tiger, capped langur |
765 |
|||
17 |
2010 |
Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of
Chittoor and Kadapa districts |
4755.997[8] |
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18 |
2011 |
Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts in Madhya
Pradesh |
Moist deciduous forest |
Bengal tiger, Chinkara, Nilgai, Sambhar, and
Sloth bear |
2998.98[9] |
Biosphere reserves of India
Key faunas
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