NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVE - PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS A BIOSPHERE RESERVE

摘要

In the first meeting of the International Coordination Council for the Man in the Biosphere (MAB) program in 1971, it was decided that what was needed for the envisioned international network of protected areas was to identify sites for the conservation of genetic resources, for research, monitoring, education and training. The Indian MAB committee established a Core Advisory Committee (CAC) in 1979 to study potential sites for biosphere reserves in India. In accordance with the criteria evolved by Unesco, the CAC of the Indian MAB committee identified twelve potential sites for biosphere reserves, one of which was Namdapha National Park (Nair, 1993). This national park was also identified and recognized as the fifteenth Tiger Reserve in 1982-83 (Gopal, 1993).