BIOSPHERE RESERVES:

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BIOSPHERE RESERVES:
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THEY ARE 18 BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN INDIA
1ST BIOSPHERE RESERVE - NILGIRI IN 1986 .
18TH BIOSPHERE RESERVE - PANNA IN 2011
BIGGEST BIOSPHERE RESERVE- KUCHH (12,454 sq km)
SMALLEST BIOSPHERE RESERVE - DIBRU SAIKHOWA (765 sq km )
HIGHEST BIOSPHERE RESERVE STATE - MADHYA PRADESH(3)
FIRST WNBR(WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVE ) RECOGNISED RESERVE - NILGIRI IN 2000
AMARKANTAK WAS LAST RECOGNISED BY WNBR IN 2012
BIODIVERSITY ACT IN INDIA WAS MADE IN 2002
BIODIVERSITY YEAR 2010
UNO BIODIVERSITY DECADE 2011-2020
THE 18 BIOSPHERE RESERVES ARE:
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RESERVE YEAR STATE WNBR RECOGNITION
1.NILGIRI 1986 TAMILNADU,KERALA,KARNATAKA 2000
2.NANDA DEVI 1988
3. UTTARAKANDH 2009
4.MANAS 1989
5.SUNDERBANS 1989 WEST BENGAL 2001
6.GULF OF MUNNAR 1989 TAMILNADU 2001
7.GREAT NICOBAR 1989 ANDAMAN&NICOBAR 2011
8.SIMLIPAL 1994
ODISHA 2009
9.DIBRU SAIKHOWA 1997 ASSAM
10.DIHONG-DIBONG 1998 ARUNACHALPRADESH
11.KANCHANJUNG 2000 SIKKIHIM
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12.PANCHAMARVI 1999 MADYAPRADESH 2009
13.AGASTAMALAI 2001
14.AMARKANTAK 2005 MADHYAPRADESH 2012
15.KUCHH ,GUJARAT --2010
16.SITHAL DESERT,JAMMU KASHMIR --- 2009
17.SESHACHELAM , ANDHRA PRADESH -- 2010
18.PANNA MADHYA PRADESH - - - 2011