proposed biosphere reserve at Mahendragiri(odisha)

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Odisha government has proposed a second biosphere reserve in the southern part of the state at Mahendragiri

Question 2

Odisha’s first such reserve

Answer 2

Simlipal biosphere reserve

Question 3

About the proposed Mahendragiri Biosphere Reserve:

Answer 3

• Gajapati and Ganjam districts in the Eastern Ghats
• Transitional zone b/w southern India and the Himalayas -> hence imp.
• inhabited by the Soura people(PVTG), Kandha tribe.

Question 4

What are biosphere reserves?

Answer 4

• international designation by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for representative parts of natural and cultural landscape
• Scope/keyword : socio-economic,culture,natural
• estd : launched in 1971 as a, part of UNESCO’s ‘Man and Biosphere Programme’.

Question 5

Criteria for Designation of Biosphere Reserve?

Answer 5

• protected and minimally disturbed core area of value of nature conservation present
• Core area should be large enough to sustain a viable populations representing all trophic levels.(trophic levels mhnje he primary,secondary,tirtiary producers)
• involvement of local communities -> use of traditional knowledge
• Areas having potential for preservation of traditional tribal or rural modes of living for harmonious use of the environment.

Question 6

Photo

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https://www.insightsonindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bio.jpg