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Panchmarhi Biosphere Reserve - by CH - Amulya

The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1999 and designated by UNESCO in 2009, is located in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh, India, covering an area of 4,926.28 square kilometers. It consists of diverse ecosystems, including tropical moist and dry deciduous forests, and is home to over 150 medicinal plant species, as well as various large mammals like tigers and leopards. The reserve serves as a crucial conservation area, integrating wildlife sanctuaries and national parks within its buffer zone.

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Panchmarhi Biosphere Reserve - by CH - Amulya

The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1999 and designated by UNESCO in 2009, is located in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh, India, covering an area of 4,926.28 square kilometers. It consists of diverse ecosystems, including tropical moist and dry deciduous forests, and is home to over 150 medicinal plant species, as well as various large mammals like tigers and leopards. The reserve serves as a crucial conservation area, integrating wildlife sanctuaries and national parks within its buffer zone.

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PANCHMARHI BIOSPHERE

RESERVE

CH. AMULYA
INTRODUCTION

GEOGRAPHY

AGENDA ECOLOGY

FLORA

FAUNA
INTRODUCTIO
N
The Pachamarhi biosphere
reserve is a non-use conservation
area and biosphere reserve in
the Satpura Range of Madhya
Pradesh state in central India.
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 reserve
in 2009.
GEOGRAPHY
The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is located within areaof
Narmadapuram, Betul, and Chhindwara Districts in Madhya
Pradesh.

The Biosphere reserve’s area is 4, 926.28 square kilometers. It


include three wildlife conservation conservation units.

Bori Sanctuary(518.00 km square)


Pachmarhi Sancrtuary (461.37 km square)
Satpura National Park (524.37 km square)

Satpura National Park is designated as the core zone and the


remanining area of 4401.91 km square, including the Bori and
pachmarhi sanctuaries, serves as the buffe zone
ECOLOGY
The reserve is composed primarily of
forest habitats, and is an important
trasnsition zone between the forest
species of and eastern India. The
tropical moist deciduous forest,
tropical dry deciduous and central
Indian sub-tropical hill forests are
major ecosystem types within
Pachmarhi. The climate differes at all
mountain levels and is characterized
by strong monsoons. There exist more
than 150 species of flora used for
medicinal purposes.
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FLORA
The forests are dominated by teak (Tectona
grandis). They include the westernmost groves
of salt (shorea robusta), which is the dominant
tree of eastern India’s forests. Other endemic
vegetation includes wild mango, silver fern,
jamun and arjun. The Cuddapah almond trees
are abundantly found over the hills of Pachmarhi.

Fourteen ethno-botanical plant species that


occur in PBR have been studied, which are
traded from the seclected villages of the buffer
zone area of PBR.
FAUNA
Large mammal species include tigers,
leopard, wild bear, gaur, chital deer, muntjac
deer, sambar deer, and rhesus macaque live
in the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve.

The endemic fauna include includes


chinkara, nilgai, Asian wild dogs, the Indian
wolf, Gaur, Indian giant Squirrels, and flying
squirrels.

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THANK YOU CH. AMULYA

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