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 tahr, tiger, lion-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 squirrel, flying 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 |
News source: TH
