Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.4 Protected areas and wetlands

4.4.2 Biosphere reserves and UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere programme

A biosphere reserve is a large landscape zoned into core, buffer and transition areas to combine conservation with sustainable development; India has 18, and some are also on UNESCO's World Network under the Man and the Biosphere programme.

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Key terms

  • biosphere reserve
  • Man and the Biosphere
  • MAB
  • UNESCO
  • core zone
  • buffer zone
  • transition zone
  • Nilgiri
  • Seshachalam
  • World Network of Biosphere Reserves
  • Seville Strategy

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