Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve

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biosphere reserve conservation area protected area

The Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve is a protected ecological region in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, renowned for its rich tropical rainforest biodiversity, endemic species, and conservation of both marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

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Surface form Occurrences
UNESCO biosphere reserve (Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biosphere reserve ⓘ
conservation area ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
conservationObjective biodiversity conservation ⓘ
protection of endemic species ⓘ
sustainable use of natural resources ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
designatedAs Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
governedBy Government of India ⓘ
hasCoreArea Campbell Bay National Park ⓘ
Galathea National Park ⓘ
hasEcosystemType coral reef ⓘ
evergreen forest ⓘ
littoral forest ⓘ
mangrove forest ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasFeature coastal beaches ⓘ
coral-fringed shores ⓘ
dense forest cover ⓘ
high rainfall ⓘ
hasZonation buffer zone ⓘ
core zone ⓘ
transition zone ⓘ
includes Campbell Bay ⓘ
surface form: Campbell Bay region

Galathea Bay region ⓘ
locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Great Nicobar Island ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
surface form: Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
managedBy Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department ⓘ
surface form: Andaman and Nicobar Forest Department
notableSpecies Nicobar long-tailed macaque ⓘ
Nicobar megapode ⓘ
Nicobar tree shrew ⓘ
giant robber crab ⓘ
green sea turtle ⓘ
hawksbill sea turtle ⓘ
Dermochelys coriacea ⓘ
surface form: leatherback sea turtle

olive ridley sea turtle ⓘ
saltwater crocodile ⓘ
various endemic birds of Nicobar Islands ⓘ
partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
surface form: Andaman and Nicobar archipelago
protects endemic species ⓘ
marine ecosystems ⓘ
terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ
threatened species ⓘ
UNESCOProgramme UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme ⓘ
surface form: Man and the Biosphere Programme

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Nicobar Island → hasConservationDesignation → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO biosphere reserve (Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve)
Great Nicobar Island → hasProtectedArea → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Nicobar Islands → hasProtectedArea → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Nicobar district → hasProtectedArea → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Campbell Bay National Park → isPartOf → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Campbell Bay town → locatedNear → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
subject surface form: Campbell Bay