A DESERT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH GETS UNESCO WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES

* THE COLD DESERT BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH HAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNESCO WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES.

* HANGZHOU, CHINA HOST THE WORLD CONGRESS OF BIOSPHERE.

* ITS COVER 7770 Square Kilometre IN INDIA'S WESTERN HIMALYAN 

* The COLD DESERTS HAVE 

- Snow Leopard 

- Himalayan Ibex 

- Blue Sheep 

- Golden Eagle 

- 732 Plant Species 

- 30 Endemics Species 

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* IT INCLUDES PIN VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KIBBER WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

* INDIA'S 13TH SITES IN THE GLOBAL NETWORK