The Indian Government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves which protect larger areas of natural habitat and often include one or more national parks along with the buffer zones that are open to some economic uses.
| Biosphere Reserves |
State |
| AchanakmarAmarkantak |
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
| Agasthyamalai |
Kerala |
| Dibru Saikhowa |
Assam |
| Dihang Dibang |
Arunachal Pradesh |
| Great Nicobar |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Gulf of Mannar |
Tamil Nadu |
| Kachch |
Gujarat |
| Kanchenjunga |
Sikkim |
| Manas |
Assam |
| Nanda Devi |
Uttarakhand |
| The Nilgiris |
Tamil Nadu |
| Nokrek |
Meghalaya |
| Pachmarhi |
Madhya Pradesh |
| Simlipal |
Odisha |
| Sundarbans |
West Bengal |
| Cold desert |
Himachal Pradesh |
| Sesahachalam hills |
Andhra Pradesh |
| Panna |
Madhya Pradesh |
