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Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve: West Bengal: 2001 4 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 ...
It lies 1 to 10 km away from the east coast of Tamil Nadu, India for 160 km between Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) and Dhanushkodi. It is the core area of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve which includes a 10 km buffer zone around the park, including the populated coastal area. [1]
The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 10,500 km 2 (4,100 sq mi) of ocean, 21 islands and the adjoining coastline. The islets and coastal buffer zone include beaches , estuaries , and tropical dry broadleaf forests , while the marine environments include seaweed communities, sea grass communities, coral reefs , salt marshes and ...
In 1980, an area of 270 km 2 from Okha to Jodiya was declared Marine Sanctuary. Later, in 1982, a core area of 110 km 2 was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act, 1972 of India. There are 42 islands on the Jamnagar coast in the Marine National Park, most of them surrounded by reefs.
In 1970, India had only five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger in 1973 to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species and currently, there are 106 national parks in India. Further legislation strengthening protection for wildlife was introduced in the 1980s.
Marine ecoregions of the world have been described across the worlds oceans and seas. [4] India's seas are in the Western Indo-Pacific marine realm . This includes the following four provinces and six marine ecoregions .
The largest bird of India, the sarus crane (Grus antigone) is known for its size, majestic flight, and lifetime pairing. 57 Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve: Tamil Nadu: 8 April 2022 527 Gulf of Mannar is located at the south-eastern tip of India in the state of Tamil Nadu . It is one of the most biologically diverse regions in India ...
Biosphere reserves of India (1 C, 15 P) C. Communal forests of India (1 C, 5 P) E. ... Attakoya Thangal Marine Reserve; B. Biosphere reserves of India; C ...