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Switzerland has been a buffer state between Italy, Austria, France, Germany, and other state powers in medieval and modern Europe. The United Kingdom of the Netherlands , composed of today's Belgium and Netherlands , was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to maintain peace between France , Prussia , and the United Kingdom .
Biosphere reserves of India [7] Year Name Location State Type Key fauna Area (km 2) 1 1986 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala: Western Ghats: Nilgiri tahr, tiger, lion-tailed macaque: 5520 2 1988: Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Jawai Bandh forest is situated in Pali district and it is in close proximity of Kumbalgarh Sanctuary.keshopur chamb gurdaspur (Punjab) conservation reserve India's first community reserve. [4] Recently, Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in Bihar’s Katihar district, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’.
India's first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. By 1970, India only had five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger in 1973 to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species.
A buffer zone, also historically known as a march, is a neutral area that lies between two or more bodies of land; usually, between countries. Depending on the type of buffer zone, it may serve to separate regions or conjoin them. Common types of buffer zones are demilitarized zones, border zones and certain restrictive easement zones and green ...
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India vide their judgement, in Shri Anand Arya & Anr, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs Union Of India & Ors on 3 December 2010 relating to the construction of a park at Noida near Okhla Bird Sanctuary, had noted that the State Government of Uttar Pradesh had not declared Eco-Sensitive zones around its protected areas ...
The national park is embedded in the 2,236.74 km 2 (863.61 sq mi) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, which, in turn, is encompassed in the 5,148.57 km 2 (1,987.87 sq mi) [2] [3] buffer zone around the Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks UNESCO site. The best time to visit Nanda Devi National Park is from May to October. [4]
The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a non-use conservation area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. [1] The conservation area was created in 1999 by the Indian government. It also contains animals from the Himalayan mountains and from the lower Western Ghats. UNESCO designated it a biosphere ...