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regions of
environmental
protection roughly correspond to IUCN Category V
Protected areas. The Indian government has established
18 Biosphere Reserves of India, which protect larger
areas of natural habitat (than a National Park or Wildlife
Sanctuary).

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Biosphere Reserves of India often include one or more

National Parks or sanctuaries, along with 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.

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State

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Key Fauna

Great Rann of

Gujarat

Desert

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No
1 2008

Kutch
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Sundarbans

West Bengal Gangetic

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Delta
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5 1988

Cold Desert

Nanda Devi

Himachal

Western

Pradesh

Himalayas

Uttarakhand Western

Snow Leopard

NA

Himalayas
6 1986 Nilgiri Biosphere Tamil Nadu, Western
Reserve

Kerala and

Nilgiri Tahr, Lion-tailed

Ghats

macaque

Arunachal

Eastern

NA

Pradesh

Himalaya

Pachmarhi

Madhya

Semi-Arid

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Pradesh

Karnataka
7 1998 Dihang-Dibang

8 1999

Giant Squirrel, Flying

Squirrel

Reserve
9 2010Seshachalam Hills

10 1994

Simlipal

11 2005 Achanakamar Amarkantak

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15 1989 Great Nicobar

16 1988

Andaman

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18 2011

Panna

Madhya

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Tiger, Chital,
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Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries and National

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Parks. The Indian government has

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established 18 Biosphere Reserves of India, roughly

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corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected

areas. India has over 441 animal sanctuaries, referred to

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as Wildlife sanctuaries (IUCN Category IV Protected

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Area). The National parks of India are IUCN category

II protected areas. As of April 2012, there
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