Biosphere Reserves: Indian Scenario
Indian geographical location is marked by mountain, coastal line, arid and semi-arid coupled ith varied precipitations to constitute a rich landscape diversity.
India consists of
Two ‘realms’: the Himalayan region represented by Palearctic Realm and the rest the sub –continent represented by Malayan realm
Five biomes: Tropical humid forest, Tropical dry or Deciduous forests, Warm deserts and semi-desert, Coniferous forest, alpine Meadows.
Ten bio-geographic zones: Trans Himalayan, Himalayan, Indian, Desert, Semi-arid, western Ghats, Deccan Penninsula, Ganestic Plain, North-East India, Islands, Coasts
Twenty five bio-geographical provinces: This diversity makes India s one of the mega-diversity zone. One biosphere in each of the bio-geographic province is the goal. India has created a network of protected areas in the form of 96 national parks, 510 wildlife sanctuaries’ and 28 tiger reserves and 25 elephant reserves. There 550 tribal communities of 227 ethnic groups spread over 5,000 forest villages.
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