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The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves in India,[2] (categories roughly corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected areas), which protect larger areas of natural habitat (than a National Park or Animal Sanctuary), and often include one or more National Parks and/or preserves, along buffer zones that are open to some economic uses. Protection is granted not only to the flora and fauna of the protected region, but also to the human communities who inhabit these regions, and their ways of life. Animals are protected and saved here.
Nine of the eighteen biosphere reserves are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list.[2][3][4]
In 2009, India designated Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh as a biosphere reserve. On September 20, 2010, the Ministry of Environment and Forests designated Seshachalam Hills as the 17th biosphere reserve. Panna (Madhya Pradesh) was scheduled to become the 18th on August 25, 2011.[2]
Following is the list of potential sites for Biosphere Reserves as selected by Ministry of Forests and Environment:[6]
Chennai, Madurai, Kerala, Coimbatore, India
Indore, Maharashtra, Bhopal, Gujarat, India
Delhi, India, Rajasthan, Pakistan, Maharashtra
Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kozhikode, Thrissur
India, Tourism in India, Wildlife of India, Flora of India, Fauna of India
India, Protected areas of India, Extinction, Biosphere reserves of India, National parks of India
Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Nepal, Western Ghats
Indomalayan, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Maharashtra, Karnataka
Protected areas of India, Western Ghats, India, Flora of India, Sri Lanka