List of Biosphere Reserves in India

List of Biosphere Reserves in India

Sno	Biosphere Reserve	Location in the State/UT
1	Nilgiri	Part of Wayanad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Madumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and Siruvani Hills in Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka
2	Nanda Devi	Part of Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Almora districts in Uttarakhand
3	Nokrek	Part of East West and South of Garohill districts in Meghalaya
4	Manas	Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darang districts in Assam
5	Sunderban	Part of delta of Ganges & Brahmaputra river system in West Bengal
6	Gulf of Mannar	India part of Gulf of Mannar extending from Rameswaram island in the north to Kanyakumari in the south of Tamilnadu
7	Great Nicobar	Southern most island of Andaman and Nicobar islands
8	Similipal	Part of Mayurbhanj district of Orissa
9	Dibru-Saikhova	Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam
10	Dehang-Dibang	Part of Upper Siang, West Siang and Dibang Valley districts of Arunachal Pradesh
11	Pachmarhi	Part of Betul,Hoshangabad and Chhindwara districts in Madhyapradesh
12	Khangchendzonga	Part of North and West districts of Sikkim
13	Agasthyamalai	Part of Thirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts in Tamilnadu and Thiruvanthapuram, Kollam and Pathnamthitta districts in Kerala
14	Achanakmar-Amarkantak	Part of Anuppur and Dindori districts of Madhyapradesh Bilaspur district of Chattisgarh
15	Kachchh	Part of Kachchh,Rajkot, Surendranagar and patan districts of Gujarat
16	Cold Desert	Pin Valley NationalPark and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu; and Kibber wild life sanctuary in HimachalPradesh
17	Seshachalam	Seshachalam Hill ranges in Eastern Ghats encompassing part of Chttoor and Kadapa districts in Andhrapradesh
18	Panna	Part of Panna and Chhattarpur districts in Madhyapradesh

List of Elephant Reserves in India

List of Elephant Reserves in India

Sno	Elephant Reserve	State
1	Mayur Jharna	West Bengal
2	Singhbum	Jharkhand
3	Mayurbhanj	Odisha
4	Mahanadi	Odisha
5	Sambalpur	Odisha
6	Badalkhol-Tamorpingla	Chattisgarh
7	Kameng	Arunachal Pradesh
8	Sonitpur	Assam
9	Dihing-Patkai	Assam
10	South Arunachal	Arunachal Pradesh
11	Kaziranga - Karbi Anglong	Assam
12	Dhansiri – Lungding	Assam
13	Intanki	Nagaland
14	Chirang – Ripu	Assam
15	Eastern Dooars	West Bengal
16	Garo Hills	Meghalaya
17	Mysore	Karnataka
18	Wayanad	Kerala
19	Nilgiri	Tamilnadu
20	Rayala	Andhra Pradesh
21	Nilambur	Kerala
22	Coimbatore	Tamilnadu
23	Anamalai	Tamilnadu
24	Anamudi	Kerala
25	Periyar	Kerala
26	Srivilliputtur	Tamilnadu
27	Shivalik	Uttarakhand
28	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh

National River Conservation Plan

National River Conservation Plan

Objective: is to improve the water quality of the rivers, which are the major water sources in the country, through the implementation of the pollution abatement works.

So far 42 rivers have been selected under this programme.

The pollution abatement works taken up under this programme include

• Interception and diversion works to capture raw sewage flowing into the rivers through open drains and diverting them for treatment.
• Setting up of sewage treatment plants (STPs) for treating the diverted sewage.
• Construction of low cost sanitation toilets to prevent open defecation on river banks.
• Construction of Electric Crematoria to conserve the use of wood.
• River front development work such as improvement of bathing ghats.
• Afforestation on river banks.
• Public Participation and awareness building etc.

List of Rivers covered under  National River Conservation Plan

Sno	River
1	Adayar
2	Beas
3	Betwa
4	Beehar
5	Bhadra
6	Brahmani
7	Cauvery
8	Cooum
9	Chambal
10	Damodar
11	Dhipu & Dhansiri
12	Ganga
13	Ghaggar
14	Godavari
15	Gomati
16	Khan
17	Krishna
18	Kshipra
19	Mahanadi
20	Mandovi
21	Mandakini
22	Mahananda
23	Mindhola
24	Musi
25	Narmada
26	Pennar
27	Pamba
28	Panchganga
29	Rani Chu
30	Ramganga
31	Sabarmati
32	Satluj
33	Subarnarekha
34	Tapti
35	Tapi
36	Tunga
37	Tungabadra
38	Tamrabarani
39	Vaigai
40	Vennar
41	Wainganga
42	Yamuna

List of wetlands of International Importance in India under Ramsar Convention

List of wetlands of International Importance in India under Ramsar Convention

Sno	Name of the Wetland	State
1	Chandrataal	Himachal Pradesh
2	Renuka	Himachal Pradesh
3	Rudrasagar	Tripura
4	Upper Ganga	Uttar Pradesh
5	Hokarsar	Jammu and Kashmir
6	Surinar – Mansar	Jammu and Kashmir
7	Bhitarkanika Mangroves	Odisha
8	Bhoj Wetland	Madhya Pradesh
9	Deepor Beel	Asom
10	East Calcutta Wetlands	West Bengal
11	Kolleru Lake	Andhra Pradesh
12	Sasthamkotta Lake	Kerala
13	Ashtamudi	Kerala
14	Tsomoriri	Jammu and Kashmir
15	Vembanad – Kol wetland	Kerala
16	Point Calimere Sanctuary	Tamilnadu
17	Pong Dam Lake	Himachal Pradesh
18	Kanjli	Punjab
19	Ropar	Punjab
20	Harike Lake	Punjab
21	Loktak Lake	Manipur
22	Sambhar Lake	Rajasthan
23	Wular Lake	Jammu and Kashmir
24	Chilika Lake	Odisha
25	Keoladeo National Park	Rajasthan
26	Nalsarovar	Gujarat

List of Indian Biosphere Reserves included in UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Network

India has 18 Biosphere Reserves, out of these nine Biosphere Reserves have been included in UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Network. They are,

1. Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka),
2. Gulf of Mannar(Tamil Nadu),
3. Sunderban  (West Bengal),
4. Nanda Devi,(Uttarakhand),
5. Pachmarhi (Madhya Pradesh),
6. Similipal(Orissa),
7. Nokrek  (Meghalaya), 
8. Achanakmar-Amarkantak(Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh) and 
9. Great Nicobar