<h1>World's first 5 -country Biosphere Reserve</h1> <img src="https://sunyaias-resources.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/content/6281297d-4b0e-11ec-8385-9d2af53a8eac.png"> <h2>About:</h2> <ul><li>UNESCO declares this in "Amazon of Europe" </li></ul> <ul><li>Biosphere reserve covers 700 kilometers of the Mura, Drava, and Danube (MDD) rivers and stretches across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Serbia.</li></ul> <ul><li>Biosphere Reserves are designated under the intergovernmental Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme by the Director-General of UNESCO</li></ul> <ul><li>World Network of Biosphere Reserve includes 727 biosphere reserves in 131 countries, including 22 transboundary sites.</li></ul> <ul><li>There are 12 UNESCO designated Biosphere reserves in India:</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve - Tamil Nadu</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve - Tamil Nadu</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve - West Bengal</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve - Uttarakhand</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve - Madhya Pradesh</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Nokrek Biosphere Reserve - Meghalaya</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Simlipal Biosphere Reserve - Odisha </li><li class="ql-indent-1">Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve - Chhattisgarh</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve - Great Nicobar</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve - Kerala and Tamil Nadu</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve - Sikkim </li><li class="ql-indent-1">Panna Biosphere Reserve - Madhya Pradesh</li></ul>