Biosphere Reserve (BR) is an international designation by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large areas of terrestrial or coastal/marine ecosystems or a combination of both.
The UNESCO Protected Biosphere Reserves list in India:
| Name of the Biosphere Reserves | State | Year |
| Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve | West Bengal | 2001 |
| Simlipal Biosphere Reserve | Odisha | 2009 |
| Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve | Madhya Pradesh | 2009 |
| Nokrek Biosphere Reserve | Meghalaya | 2009 |
| Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve | Tamil Nadu | 2000 |
| Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve | Uttarakhand | 2004 |
| Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve | Tamil Nadu | 2001 |
| Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve | Chhattisgarh | 2012 |
| Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve | Great Nicobar | 2013 |
| Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve | Kerala and Tamil Nadu | 2016 |
| Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve | Sikkim | 2018 |
| Panna National Park | Madhya Pradesh | 2020 |
List of Biosphere Reserves in India:
| Name of the Biosphere Reserves | State | Year |
| Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve | Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka | 1986 |
| Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve | Uttarakhand | 1988 |
| Nokrek | Meghalaya | 1988 |
| Great Nicobar | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1989 |
| Gulf of Mannar | Tamil Nadu | 1989 |
| Manas | Assam | 1989 |
| Sunderbans | West Bengal | 1989 |
| Simlipal | Odisha | 1994 |
| Dibru-Saikhowa | Assam | 1997 |
| Dehang-Dibang | Arunachal Pradesh | 1998 |
| Pachmarhi | Madhya Pradesh | 1999 |
| Khangchendzonga | Sikkim | 2000 |
| Agasthyamalai | Kerala, Tamil Nadu | 2001 |
| Achanakamar – Amarkantak | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh | 2005 |
| Great Rann of Kutch | Gujarat | 2008 |
| Cold Desert | Himachal Pradesh | 2009 |
| Seshachalam Hills | Andhra Pradesh | 2010 |
| Panna | Madhya Pradesh | 2011 |
