{"id":19757,"date":"2026-08-24T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T08:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19757"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:35:19","slug":"nbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, researchers warned that climate change is destabilising Western Ghats\u2019 forest ecosystems in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>Nilgiri Mountains of the Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It encompasses parts of <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the <\/span><b>first biosphere reserve in India, established in 1986.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Protected areas within this Reserve: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Wyanaad Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, Mukurthi National Park, and Silent Valley are the\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has tropical evergreen forests, Montane sholas and grasslands, semi-evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, dry deciduous forests, and thorn forests.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tribal Population:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tribal groups like the <\/span><b>Todas, Kotas, Irullas, Kurumbas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Paniyas, Adiyans, Edanadan Chettis, Cholanaickens, Allar, Malayan, etc., are native to the reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is India\u2019s first biosphere reserve under <\/span><b>UNESCO\u2019s Man and the Biosphere Programme.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">includes species of Adenoon, Calacanthus, Baeolepis, Frerea, Jarodina, Wagatea, Poeciloneuron, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly has namely <\/span><b>the Nilgiri Tahr<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lion-tailed-macaque\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Lion-tailed macaque<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the largest South Indian population of elephant, tiger, gaur, sambar, and chital.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/climate-change-destabilising-western-ghats-forest-ecosystems-in-nilgiri-biosphere-reserve-warn-researchers\/article71380351.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is located in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Western Ghats. 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