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Marine biosphere reserves - Need of the 21st century

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Title Marine biosphere reserves - Need of the 21st century
 
Creator Dhargalkar, V.K.
Untawale, A.G.
 
Description Worldwide awareness for the creation of Marine Biosphere Reserves has increased considerably due to the human depredation in many coastal areas and natural changes. Many important and unique plant and animal species have been extinct and whatever remains, needs to be conserved and managed for posterity. Biosphere Reserve conserves and maintains genetic diversity of plant and animal species and helps to manage the natural resources on a sustainable basis. So far five Marine Biosphere Reserves have been declared in India and a few more are under consideration. The present article gives in brief the status of Marine Biosphere Reserves in India and a few other potential areas for the same reason, along the Indian coast. An action plan has been suggested to manage the Biosphere Reserves and conservation measures to be taken
 
Date 2009-05-12T10:13:42Z
2009-05-12T10:13:42Z
1991
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Environmental Biology, Vol.NA; 169-177p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3181
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1991]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Academy of Environmental Biology