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Mura-Drava-Danube

September 25 , 2021 1028 days 763 0
  • Recently, Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD) was declared as the world’s first ‘five-country biosphere reserve’ by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
  • The biosphere reserve covers 700 kilometres of the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers.
  • It stretches across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia.

Biosphere Reserves in India

  • Presently, there are 18 Biosphere Reserves in India.
  • 12 Biosphere reserves in India find their place in UNESCO’s List of Man & Biosphere Reserves Programme.
  • The latest included under the MAB was ‘Panna Biosphere Reserve’ (Madhya Pradesh).

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