Dehang-Debang Biosphere Reserve
Topic: Biodiversity and its Conservation · NCERT: Class 11, Ch 5 "Natural Vegetation"
Meaning
Dehang-Debang Biosphere Reserve was set up in 1998 in Arunachal Pradesh. It covers parts of the Siang and Dibang river valleys in the eastern Himalaya. A biosphere reserve has a protected core, a buffer zone and a transition zone where local people live and use resources carefully. Dehang-Debang is one of India's 18 biosphere reserves, but it is not on UNESCO's World Network.
Example
The reserve lies in the Siang and Dibang valleys of Arunachal Pradesh. This is part of the Himalaya hotspot, a region with many species found nowhere else that is under serious threat.
Don't confuse with
- UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve: only 13 of India's 18 biosphere reserves are on UNESCO's list. Dehang-Debang is one of the 5 that are not.
Related concepts
- Biosphere reserve
- Man and Biosphere Programme
- Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
- Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
- Nokrek Biosphere Reserve
- Manas Biosphere Reserve
- Sunderban Biosphere Reserve
- Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
- Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
- Similipal Biosphere Reserve