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 ...
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This place in Himachal Pradesh has become India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve
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.
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