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India's Biosphere Reserves
Biosphere reserves are large landscapes designated under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere programme, where a strictly guarded core sits inside zones that people live and work in. India counts 18 notified reserves, 13 of them on UNESCO's world network, as a 2 November 2026 government backgrounder for the International Day for Biosphere Reserves restated.
Last updated 3 November 20264 min read
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New card: India's 18 biosphere reserves and the 13 UNESCO-listed ones, with zonation, firsts, the largest and the funding scheme, marking the 3 November international day.
- biosphere reserves
- Man and the Biosphere
- UNESCO MAB
- WNBR
- Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve
- Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
- International Day for Biosphere Reserves
- core buffer transition
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