Kanchenjunga Biosphere

Part of: GS Prelims and GS -III – Biodiversity

In news: In a recent publication by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), it was reported that  Sikkim, the smallest State with less than 1% of India’s landmass, is home to 27% of all flowering plants found in the country.

About Kanchenjunga Biosphere

Other Biosphere reserves of India

Year Name State Key fauna
1 1986 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka Nilgiri tahrtigerlion-tailed macaque
2 1988 Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve Uttarakhand Snow leopard, Himalayan black bear
3 1989 Gulf of Mannar Tamil Nadu Dugong
4 1988 Nokrek Meghalaya Red panda
5 1989 Sundarbans West Bengal Royal Bengal tiger
6 1989 Manas Assam Asiatic elephant, tiger, Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur, pygmy hog
7 1994 Simlipal Odisha Gaur, royal Bengal tiger, Asian elephant
8 1998 Dihang-Dibang Arunachal Pradesh Mishmi takin, musk deer
9 1999 Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve Madhya Pradesh Giant squirrelflying squirrel
10 2005 Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Four-horned antelope, Indian wild dog, sarus crane, white-rumped vulture, sacred grove bush frog
11 2008 Great Rann of Kutch Gujarat Indian wild ass
12 2009 Cold Desert Himachal Pradesh Snow leopard
13 2000 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim Snow leopard, red panda
14 2001 Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve Kerala, Tamil Nadu Nilgiri tahr, Asian elephant
15 1989 Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve Andaman and Nicobar Islands Saltwater crocodile
16 1997 Dibru-Saikhowa Assam White-winged wood duck, water buffalo, black-breasted parrotbill, tiger, capped langur
17 2010 Seshachalam Hills Andhra Pradesh Slender loris
18 2011 Panna Madhya Pradesh

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