List of India's Biosphere Reserves in UNESCO MAB list

Shakeel Anwar

04-OCT-2016 15:43

Biodiversity is defined as ‘the variability among living organism from all sources, including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystem’.

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Here, we are giving the list of India's Biosphere Reserves in UNESCO MAB list which is very helpful in the preparation of competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, and Railways etc.

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India's Biosphere Reserves in UNESCO MAB list

Biosphere Reserves in UNESCO MAB list	Location	Year
Nilgiri	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka	2000
Gulf of Mannar	Tamil Nadu	2001
Sunderbans	West Bengal	2001
Nanda Devi	Uttarakhand	2004
Nokrek	Meghalaya	2009
Panchmarhi	Madhya Pradesh	2009
Similipal	Orissa	2009
Achnakmar-Amarkantak	Madhya Pradesh	2012

India is a recognised as one of the mega-diverse countries, rich in biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge. It has a long history of conversation and sustainable use of natural resources and is a party to many international environmental conventions.

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