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Biosphere reserve & Wild life sancturies

Human settlements are allowed mainly in which zone of biosphere reserve?

Transition zone, also called area of cooperation, forms outermost periphery of biosphere reserve where sustainable human development is actively promoted. Unlike core with no human interference and buffer with limited use, transition may contain settlements, agriculture, forestry, industries, and infrastructure. Stakeholders collaborate to develop demonstration models of sustainable livelihoods, organic farming, joint forest management, eco-tourism benefits sharing. Success reduces pressure on inner zones. Human habitation is thus concentrated mainly in transition, balancing conservation and e

Ref: UNESCO MAB Transition Zone Role; WII Biosphere Management – Transition Allows Settlements

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BIODIVERSITY & IDH

Which zone is characterized by species from two ecosystems and additional unique species?

An ecotone is the transition zone between two neighbouring ecosystems or communities. Because environmental conditions and resources overlap, it can contain species from both adjoining systems as well as edge specialists that occur mainly in the transition. This combination can produce the edge effect—locally elevated richness, abundance, or interaction intensity. Examples include a forest–grassland margin, an estuary between river and sea, or a marsh–upland boundary. Elevated diversity is not inevitable: abrupt human-created edges may exclude interior specialists, increase predation or invasi

Ref: NCERT Biology Class 12, Ch. 15 Biodiversity and Conservation

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