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Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve: Uttarakhand: 2004 5 Nokrek Biosphere Reserve: Meghalaya: 2009 6 Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve: Madhya Pradesh: 2009 7 Simlipal Biosphere Reserve: Odisha: 2009 8 Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve: Andaman & Nicobar Islands: 2013 9 Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh: 2012 [2] 10 ...
Government of India declared Simlipal as a biosphere reserve in 1994. UNESCO added this national park to its list of Biosphere Reserves in May 2009. [4] [5] There are 10,000 people living in 61 villages in the forest. That is why Simlipal is yet to be declared a full-fledged park, despite its having the status of one of the 18 biospheres of ...
Also a biosphere reserve and Elephant reserve Indian Elephants, Wild water Buffalo, Capped langur, Rare species such as,Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog: Manas River, Beki River: Nameri National Park: Landscape of the National Park Dendrobium Orchid bloomed in the park: NearBhalukpong: 1998
Protected areas of Tamil Nadu cover an area of 3,305 km 2 (1,276 sq mi), constituting 2.54% of the geographic area and 15% of the 22,643 km 2 (8,743 sq mi) recorded forest area of the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. It ranks 14th among all the states and union territories of India in terms of total protected area. [1]
Biosphere reserves of Madhya Pradesh [4] Year Name Location Type Key fauna Area (km 2) 1 1999: Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve: Parts of Betul District, Narmadapuram District and Chhindwara District: Semi-arid: Giant squirrel, flying squirrel: 4981.72 2 2005: Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is a proposed protected area located along the area straddling both the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats in the Erode District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] It was notified by Government of Tamil Nadu in March 2023 and will become the 18th wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. [3]
The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves [5] (categories roughly correspondingly to IUCN Category V Protected areas) to protect larger areas of natural habitat than a typical national park or animal sanctuary, and that often include one or more national parks or reserves, along with buffer zones that are open to some economic ...
Pachmarhi Valley, in Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve. The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a non-use conservation area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. [1] The conservation area was created in 1999 by the Indian government. It also contains animals from the Himalayan mountains and from the lower ...