Spiti valley becomes India’s first cold desert biosphere reserve Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley has been identified as India ...
NEW DELHI: India will have 13 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves with the UN body on Saturday designating the country’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve for that list. Twenty-six new sites have been added during ...
India has added another feather to its conservation cap, with UNESCO declaring the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve as part of its prestigious World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The announcement was ...
Spiti has become India’s first cold desert biosphere reserve under UNESCO’s prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. There are approximately 700 biosphere reserves worldwide. The reserve is ...
CHANDIGARH: The Spiti Valley of Lahaul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh, perched high in the Trans-Himalayan region, has been recognised as India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s ...