SHIMLA -Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley in Lahaul-Spiti district has been recognized as India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program. With ...
In late September 2025 the trans-Himalayan landscape of Lahaul and Spiti was officially inscribed in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves as India’s first high-altitude Cold Desert Biosphere ...
Spiti Valley faces a crisis as pastoralism declines due to wildlife depredation, climate change, and conservation policies.