NEW DELHI: Unesco on Saturday designated India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, located in western Himalayas and spread over 7,770 sq km of windswept plateaus, glacial valley and high-altitude desert in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, as one of the biosphere reserves of its global network. India has a total 18 biosphere reserves, of which 13 are now in the Unesco's world network with the latest addition of the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in the list. The global designation helps these sites adopt comprehensive measures to foster harmony between people and nature for sustainable development. "These globally recognised areas are more than just protected land - they are living laboratories where communities, scientists, and govts collaborate to find sustainable ways of

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