Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve
Topic: Biodiversity and its Conservation · NCERT: Class 11, Ch 5 "Natural Vegetation"
Meaning
Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve was set up in 2010 in the Seshachalam hills of the Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh. A biosphere reserve has a protected core, a buffer zone and a transition zone where people live. It protects red sanders, a tree that grows naturally only in this part of the southern Eastern Ghats. People smuggle red sanders for its valuable red wood. The reserve is not on UNESCO's World Network.
Example
In the Seshachalam hills of Andhra Pradesh, red sanders forests are guarded against smugglers.
Don't confuse with
- Western Ghats reserves: Agasthyamalai and Nilgiri are in the Western Ghats. Seshachalam is in the Eastern Ghats.
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