Panna Tiger Reserve gets UNESCO’s ‘Biosphere Reserve’ Status:

Question 1

Give Details of Panna Tiger reserve

Answer 1

The Panna tiger reserve is situated in the Vindhya mountain range in the northern part of Madhya Pradesh.

Ken river (a tributary of the Yamuna River) flows through the reserve.

The region is also famous for Panna diamond mining.

Ken-Betwa river interlinking project will be located within the tiger reserve.

[@ VINDHYA RANGE ; NORTH M.P. ; KEN FLOWS THROUGH IT; PANNA MINING ;KEN-BETWA LINKING THROUGH RESERVE]

Question 2

what is UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)?

Answer 2

-idea of the biosphere reserve was initiated by UNESCO in 1974 under the MAB with the objective of obtaining international cooperation for the conservation of the biospheres.
[INITIATED IDEA OF BIOSPHERE RESERVE] ; BY UNESCO ; IMPROVE MAN & ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP ;

• Launched in 1971, UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an Intergovernmental Scientific Programme that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments.
• MAB combines the natural and social sciences, economics and education to improve human livelihoods and the equitable sharing of benefits, and to safeguard natural and managed ecosystems, thus promoting innovative approaches to economic development that are socially and culturally appropriate, and environmentally sustainable.

-Under this, 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.
[PROTECTION GRANTED ALSO TO HUMAN COMMUNITIES]

• first of India’s reserves to make it to UNESCO’s list was Tamil Nadu’s Niligiri Biosphere Reserve in 2000

Question 3

location

Answer 3

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Question 4

ken-betwa location wrt panna

Answer 4

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