Biosphere Reserves in India| Static Gk|

 Biosphere Reserves in India| Static Gk| 

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve – First Biosphere reserve of India

• Silent Valley National Park – Kerala

• Mukurthi National Park – Tamil Nadu

• Bandipur Tiger Reserve - Karnataka

• NagarholeTiger Reserve -Karnataka

• Mudumalai Tiger Reserve - Tamil Nadu

• Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary – Kerala

• Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary - Kerala

• Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve - Tamil Nadu

• The Nilgiri mountains are part of Western Ghats which was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in

2012

• Nilgiris – Blue Mountains

• Part of UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves

• Nilgiri Tahr – State Animal of Tamil Nadu

• Lion-tailed macaque

Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

• Nanda Devi National Park and the Valley of the Flowers National Park forms the core

area.

• Notified in World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO in 2004.

• The second highest mountain in India, Nanda Devi (7816m)

• 23rd highest peak in the world.

• Given World Heritage Site Status by UNESCO in 1988.

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve

• Nokrek is the highest peak in West Garo Hills

• Home to Nokrek National Park

• Notified in World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO in 2009

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve

• Red panda (State animal of Sikkim)

• Stump-tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque

and hoolock gibbons (State animal of Arunachal).

Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve

• It encompasses a large part (some 85%) of the island of

Great Nicobar, the largest of the Nicobar Islands

• Included in the list of Man and Biosphere program of UNESCO

in 2003

• It has Campbell Bay National Park on the northern part of the

island, and Galathea National Park in the southern interior.

Manas Biosphere Reserve

• Home to Manas National Park

• UNESCO World Heritage Site, a Project Tiger and an elephant reserve.

•The name of the park is originated from the Manas River (tributary of

Brahmaputra River)

Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve

• In 1986, a group of 21 islets lying off the Tamil Nadu

coast between Thoothukudiand Dhanushkodi was

declared the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park.

• It was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1989.

• Part of UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

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