<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves in India, (categories roughly corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected areas), which protect larger areas of natural habitat (than a National Park or Animal Sanctuary), and often include one or more National Parks or preserves, along with buffer zones that are open to some economic uses . Protection is granted not only to the flora and fauna of the protected region, but also to the human communities who inhabit these regions, and their ways of life . Animals are protected and saved here . </P> <P> Eleven of the eighteen biosphere reserves are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list . </P> <P> In 2009, India designated Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh as a biosphere reserve . On September 20, 2010, the Ministry of Environment and Forests designated Seshachalam Hills as the 17th biosphere reserve . Panna (Madhya Pradesh) was scheduled to become the 18th on August 25, 2011 . </P>

How many of the biosphere reserves from india are recognised by the unesco