| Year | Name | Location | State | Type | Key Fauna | Area (km2) | |
| 1 | 1986 | Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve | Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and Anaimalai Hills | Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka | Western Ghats | Nilgiri Tahr, Lion tailed macaque | 5520 |
| 2 | 1988 | Nanda Devi National Park & Biosphere Reserve | Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District & Bageshwar District | Uttarakhand | Western Himalayas | 5860 | |
| 3 | 1988 | Nokrek | Part of Garo Hills | Meghalaya | East Himalayas | Red Panda | 820 |
| 4 | 1989 | Gulf of Mannar | Indian part of Gulf of Mannar extending from Rameswaram island in the North to Kanyakumari in the South of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka | Tamil Nadu | Coasts | Dugong or Sea Cow | 10500 |
| 5 | 1989 | Sundarbans | Part of delta of Ganges and Barahamaputra river system | West Bengal | Gangetic Delta | Royal Bengal Tiger | 9630 |
| 6 | 1989 | Manas | Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts | Assam | East Himalayas | Golden Langur, Red Panda | 2837 |
| 7 | 1989 | Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve | Southern most islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Islands | Saltwater Crocodile | 885 |
| 8 | 1994 | Simlipal | Part of Mayurbhanj district | Odisha | Deccan Peninsula | Gaur, Royal Bengal Tiger, Wild elephant | 4374 |
| 9 | 1997 | DibruSaikhowa | Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts | Assam | East Himalayas | Golden Langur | 765 |
| 10 | 1998 | DihangDibang | Part of Siang and Dibang Valley | Arunachal Pradesh | Eastern Himalaya | 5112 | |
| 11 | 1999 | Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve | Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad District and Chhindwara District | Madhya Pradesh | SemiArid | Giant Squirrel, Flying Squirrel | 4981.72 |
| 12 | 2000 | Khangchendzonga | Parts of Kanchanjunga Hills | Sikkim | East Himalayas | Snow Leopard, Red Panda | 2620 |
| 13 | 2001 | Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve | Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas | Kerala, Tamil Nadu | Western ghats | Nilgiri Tahr, Elephants | 1828 |
| 14 | 2005 | Achanakamar Amarkantak | Part of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspur districts | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh | Maikala Hills | 3835 | |
| 15 | 2008 | Great Rann of Kutch | Part of Kutch, Rajkot, Surendranagar and Patan Districts | Gujarat | Desert | Indian Wild Ass | 12454 |
| 16 | 2009 | Cold Desert | Pin Valley National Park and surroundings;Chandratal | Himachal Pradesh | Western Himalayas | Snow Leopard | 7770 |
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| 17 | 2010 | Seshachalam Hills | Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts | Andhra Pradesh | Eastern Ghats | 4755 | |
| 18 | 2011 | Panna | Part of Panna and Chattarpur Districts | Madhya Pradesh | catchment area of the Ken River | Tiger, Chital, Chinkara, Sambhar and Sloth bear | 543 |