The UNESCO included Panna National Park of Madhya Pradesh under its list of biosphere reserves.
Along with Panna, Fuvahmulahand Addu Atoll of Maldives was also included under the World Network of biosphere reserves.
The UNESCO, under its Man and Biosphere programme included Panna Biosphere region as one of its Biosphere Reserve. Panna National park was included as biosphere reserve by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest.
The UNESCO described the National Park as a critical tiger habitat and has also pointed out that it is home to World Heritage site of Khajuraho temples.
It was launched by UNESCO in 1971. It is an intergovernmental scientific programme that aims to establish scientific basis to improve the relationship between the people and their environment.
Nov 02, 2020
Coral Reef Taller than Empire State Building Discovered
An enormous, 1,600-foot-tall coral reef was discovered in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, in the first such find in more than a century.
The massive underwater structure, the first newfound reef in 120 years, dwarfs iconic skyscrapers such as New York City's Empire State Building and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The detached reef was first observed by a team of Australian scientists aboard a research vessel from the Schmidt Ocean Institute, a nonprofit foundation that supports marine research. The 12-month expedition is designed to explore the oceans surrounding Australia and map the seafloor around the northern Great Barrier Reef.
This unexpected discovery affirms that we continue to find unknown structures and new species in our ocean.
Nov 01, 2020
World's Strongest Storm in 2020 Makes Landfall in the Philippines
The world's strongest storm this year (2020) repeatedly slammed into the eastern part of the Philippines, bringing "catastrophic violent winds" in what weather experts say is set to be the hardest landfall on record.
Super Typhoon Goni first hit land over Catanduanes province, and subsequently pummeled Albay. It's expected to cross the southern Luzon and Metro Manila area before exiting land, bringing "intense" rain to the capital.
"Catastrophic violent winds and intense to torrential rainfall associated with the region of the eyewall and inner rainbands of the typhoon is prevailing or expected within the next 12 hours.
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