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Out of all the Biosphere Reserves in India, four have been recognized on the World Network by UNESCO. Which one of the following is not one of them?
Explanation
Authoritative summaries of India’s UNESCO-listed biosphere reserves show that seven Indian reserves were included in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves; the listed sites include Sundarban (Sunderbans), Gulf of Mannar and Nanda Devi [1]. Kanchenjunga, although a notified Indian biosphere reserve, is not named among the UNESCO World Network entries in the cited lists and appears only in the broader enumeration of India’s biosphere reserves, not in the subset formally included in the World Network [2]. Therefore Kanchenjunga is not one of the UNESCO-recognized sites cited in these sources.
Sources
- [1] Environment and Ecology, Majid Hussain (Access publishing 3rd ed.) > Chapter 4: BIODIVERSITY > zoning of Biosphere reserves > p. 37
- [2] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 5: Natural Vegetation and National Parks > BIOSPHERE RESERVES > p. 49
SIMILAR QUESTIONS
Which set of the following biosphere reserves in India is included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves ?
A) Gulf of Mannar, Nokrek, Pachmarhi and Simlipal
B) Gulf of Mannar, Kanchanjunga, Nokrek and Seshachalam
C) Nilgiri, Nokrek, Pachmarhi and Manas
D) Nilgiri, Nokrek, Pachmarhi and Seshachalam