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UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves Voyage Tips and guide

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    UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as of 2009. Transboundary parks add to the number of all countries they're located in

    As of 2023 the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves is made up of 738 reserves in 134 countries of which 22 are transboundary. Biosphere reserves are large landscapes with significant biodiversity and important ecological systems. Together, the reserves are representative of the world's major ecoystems. Each reserve is a focus for environmental collaboration and sustainable development, and offer travellers an opportunity to appreciate and understand unique parts of the natural environment.

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    UNESCO describes the reserves as follows:

    Biosphere reserves are areas comprising terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems. Each reserve promotes solutions reconciling the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use.
    Biosphere reserves are ‘Science for Sustainability support sites’ – special places for testing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and managing changes and interactions between social and ecological systems, including conflict prevention and management of biodiversity.

    See UNESCO World Heritage List for related lists.


    Djurdjura in spring
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Tassili N’Ajjer Saharan Algeria 1986 2014
    El Kala Northeast Algeria 1990 2002, 2016
    Djurdjura Central Algeria 1997 2011
    Chréa Blida, Central Algeria 2002 2014
    Taza Northeast Algeria 2004 2016
    Gouraya Central Algeria 2004 2016
    Belezma Batna, Northeast Algeria 2015
    Tlemcen Mountains Tlemcen, Northwest Algeria 2016
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Complex W-Arly-Penjari Southwestern Niger 2002, 2020 2014, 2017 Shared with Burkina Faso and Niger
    Mono Southern Benin 2017 Shared with Togo
    Oueme Lower Valley Southern Benin 2017
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mare aux hippopotames Black Volta Region 1986 1998, 2016
    Complex W-Arly-Penjari East Burkina Faso (see W National Park) 2002 2014,2016 Shared with Benin and Niger
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Fogo 2020
    Maio 2020
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Waza Northern Cameroon 1979 2006, 2016
    Benoué Northern Cameroon 1981 2006, 2016
    Dja South Cameroon Plateau 1981 2006,2017
    Doumba-Rey Adamaoua 2021
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Basse-Lobaye 1977
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Sena Oura Soudanian Chad 2022
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mwali 2020
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Odzala Cuvette and Sangha and Likouala 1977 2017
    Dimonika Coast and Mayombe 1988 2017
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Yangambi Congo Basin 1976 1998, 2016
    Luki Western DRC 1976 1998, 2005
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Taï Southwestern Forests 1977 1999
    Comoé Northern Savanna 1983 1999, 2010
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Omayed Lower Egypt 1981 2001, 2011 Extended in 1998
    Wadi Allaqi Lake Nasser, Upper Egypt 1993 2004, 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Lubombo 2019
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Kafa Southern Ethiopia 2010
    Yayu 2010
    Sheka Western Ethiopia 2012
    Lake Tana Northern Ethiopia 2015
    Majang Forest Western Ethiopia 2017
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Bia Ashanti-Kwahu 1983 1998, 2017
    Songor Ghanaian Coastal Plain 2011
    Lake Bosomtwe Ashanti-Kwahu 2016
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mont Nimba Guinee Forestiere 1980 2004
    Massif du Ziama Guinee Forestiere 1980 2004
    Badiar Moyenne Guinee 2002
    Haut Niger Haute Guinee 2002
    Boloma Bijagós
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Boloma Bijagós 1996 2015
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mount Kenya Southern Rift Valley 1978 2016
    Mount Kulai Northern Rift Valley 1978 2011
    Malindi-Watamu Malindi, Coastal Kenya 1979 2016
    Kiunga Lamu, Coastal Kenya 1980 2016
    Amboseli Coastal Kenya 1991 2003, 2017
    Mount Elgon Western Kenya 2003 2017
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Matšeng Biosphere Reserve 2021
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mananara Nord Toamasina Province 1990 2012
    Sahamalaza-Iles Radma Antsiranana Province 2001 2012
    Littoral de Toliara Toliara Province 2003
    Belo-sur-Mer—Kirindy-Mite Morondava, Toliara Province 2016
    Tsimanampesotse - Nosy Ve Androka Toliara Province 2018
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mount Mulanje Southern Malawi 2000 2014
    Lake Chilwa Wetland Southern Malawi 2006
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Bouclé du Baoule Kayes 1982 1998, 2013
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Delta du Fleuve Sénégal Coastal Mauritania 2005 Shared with Senegal
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Black River Gorges-Bel Ombre 1977 1998 Previously named Macchabee/Bel Ombre
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Arganeraie Agadir, South Atlantic Coast 1998 2010
    Oasis du sud marocain Saharan Morocco 2000 2017
    Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean Mediterranean Morocco 2006 Shared with Spain
    Atlas Cedar Middle Atlas 2016
    Aïr et Ténéré
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Aïr et Ténéré Northern Niger 1997 2009
    Complex W-Arly-Penjari Southwestern Niger 2002 2013 Shared with Benin and Burkina Faso
    Gadabedji Northern Niger 2020
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Omo Lagos State, South West Nigeria 1977 1998, 2012
    Hadejia Nguru Bade North West Nigeria 2020
    Oban Cross River State, South South Nigeria 2020 1998
    Okwangwo Cross River State, South South Nigeria 2020 1998
    Volcans
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Volcans 1983
    Gishwati-Mukura Landscape 2020
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    The Island of Principe 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Samba Dia Central Senegal 1979 1999, 2015
    Delta du Saloum Palmarin, Central Senegal 1980 1999, 2015
    Niokolo-Koba Tambacounda Region 1981 1999
    Delta du Fleuve Sénégal Northern Senegal 2005 Shared with Mauritania
    Ferlo Northern Senegal 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Kogelberg near Kleinmond, Overberg 1998 2010
    Cape West Coast near Langebaan, West Coast 2000 Extended in 2003, Reviewed 2016
    Waterberg Waterberg, Limpopo 2001 2013
    Kruger to Canyons Kruger National Park and Blyde River Canyon 2001 2013
    Cape Winelands Western Cape 2007
    Vhembe 2009
    Gouritz Cluster Little Karoo, Western Cape 2015 2013
    Magaliesberg West Rand, Gauteng 2015
    Garden Route Eastern Cape 2017
    Marico North West Province 2018
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Dinder Eastern Sudan 1979 2001, 2016
    Radom Darfur 1979 2001
    Jebel Al Dair Central Sudan 2017
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Lake Manyara Arusha, Northeast Tanzania 1981 2017 Extended 2017
    Serengeti - Ngorongoro Northeast Tanzania 1981 2017 Extended 2017
    East Usambara Northeast Tanzania 2000 2017 Extended 2017
    Jozani-Chwaka Bay Zanzibar 2016
    Gombe Masito Ugalla Northwest Tanzania 2018
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Oti-Kéran/Oti-Mandouri Northern Togo 2011
    Mono Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Maritime Togo 2017 Shared with Benin
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Djebel Bou-Hedma Saharan Tunisia 1977 1999
    Djebel Chambi Saharan Tunisia 1977 1999
    Ichkeul Northern Tunisia 1977 1999
    Iles Zembra et Zembretta Northern Tunisia 1977 1999
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Queen Elizabeth Western Uganda 1979 1998
    Mount Egon Eastern Uganda 2005
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Middle Zambezi Lake Kariba-Lower Zambezi 2010
    Chimanimani Eastern Highlands 2022
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Tonle Sap 1997 2012
    Huanglong
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Changbaishan 1979 1998
    Dingushan 1979 1998
    Wolong 1979 1998
    Fanjingshan 1986 1999
    Xilin Gol 1987 1999
    Wuyishan 1987 1999
    Bodega 1990 2001
    Shennongjia 1990 2011
    Yancheng 1992 2003
    Xishuangbanna 1993 2004
    Maolan 1996 2007
    Tianmushan 1996 2007
    Fenglin 1997 2009
    Jiuzhaigou Valley 1997 2011
    Nanji Islands 1998 2011
    Shankou Mangrove 2000 2011
    Baishujiang 2000 2011
    Gaoligong Mountain 2000 2011
    Huanglong 2000 2011
    Baotianman 2001 2012
    Saihan Wula 2001 2012
    Dalai Lake 2002
    Wudalianchi 2003
    Yading 2003
    Foping 2004
    Qomolangma 2004
    Chabaling 2007
    Xingkai Lake 2007
    Mao’er Mountain 2011
    Jinggangshan 2012
    Niubeiliang 2012
    Snake Island, Laotie Mountain 2013
    Agasthyamala
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Nilgiri 2000 2012
    Gulf of Mannar 2001 2013
    Sunderban 2001 2013
    Nanda Devi 2004
    Nokrek 2009
    Pachmarhi 2009
    Similpal 2009
    Achanmar-Amarkantak 2012
    Great Nicobar 2013
    Komodo National Park
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Cibodas, including Mount Gede Pangrango National Park Bogor Raya 1977 2011
    Komodo National Park Flores 1977 1999,2013
    Lore Lindu National Park Central Sulawesi 1977 1999,2013
    Tanjung Puting National Park Central Kalimantan 1977 1998, 2013
    Gunung Leuser National Park Aceh and North Sumatra 1981 1999, 2013
    Siberut Mentawai Islands 1981 1999, 2013
    Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu Bioreserve Riau 2009
    Wakatobi Southeast Sulawesi 2012
    Geno
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Arasbaran 1976 2002, 2013
    Arjan 1976 2002, 2013
    Geno 1976 2002, 2013
    Golestan 1976 2002, 2013
    Hara 1976 2002, 2013
    Kavir 1976 2002, 2013
    Lake Oromeeh 1976 2002, 2013
    Miankaleh 1976 2002, 2013
    Touran 1976 2002, 2013
    Dena 2010
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mount Carmel 1996 2007
    Ramat Menashe 2011
    Mount Hakusan
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mount Hakusan 1980 1999
    Mount Odaigahara & Mount Omine 1980 1999
    Shiga Highland 1980 1999 Extended in 2014
    Yakushima Island 1980 1999
    Aya 2012
    Minami-Alps 2014
    Tadami 2014
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Dana 1998
    Mujib 2011
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Korgalzhyn 2012
    Alakol 2013
    Ak-Zhayik 2014
    Katon-Karagay 2014
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Sary-Chelek Ferghana Valley 1978 2013
    Issyk Kul Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan 2001 2013
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Shouf 2005
    Jabal Al Rihane 2007
    Jabal Moussa 2009
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Tasik Chini 2009
    Crocker Range 2014
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Baa Atoll 2009
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Great Gobi 1990
    Bogd Khan Uul 1996
    Uvs Nuur Basin 1997
    Hustai Nuruu 2002
    Dornod Mongol 2005
    Mongol Daguur 2007
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mount Paekdu Baekdu Mountains 1989 2002
    Mount Kuwol 2004
    Mount Myohyang 2009
    Mount Chilbo 2014
    Ziarat Juniper Forest
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Lal Suhanra Southern Punjab 1977 1998
    Ziarat Juniper Forest Balochistan 2013
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Puerto Galera 1977
    Palawan 1990 2012
    Albay 2016
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Al Reem 2007
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mount Sorak 1982 1998, 2013
    Jeju Island Jeju 2002 2013
    Shinhan Dadohae 2009
    Gwangneung Forest 2010
    Gochang 2013
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Hurulu 1977 1998
    Sinharaja Southern Province 1978 1998, 2004
    Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadenya 2004
    Bundala 2005
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Lajat 2009
    Mae Sa-Kog Ma
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Sakaerat 1976 1999
    Hauy Tak Teak 1977 1999
    Mae Sa-Kog Ma 1977 1999
    Ranong 1997 2011
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Repetek 1978 2005
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Marawah 2007
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mount Chatkal 1978 1999
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Can Gio Mangrove 2001 2011
    Dong Nai 2001 2012 Formerly Cat Tien, extended in 2011
    Cat Ba 2004
    Red River Delta 2004
    Kien Giang 2006
    Western Nghe An 2007
    Mui Ca Mau 2009
    Cu Lao Cham-Hoi An 2009
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Socotra Archipelago Socotra 2003
    Bura’a 2011
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Ohrid-Prespa Southeastern Albania 2014 shared with North Macedonia
    Kärntner Nockberge
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Gossenköllesee 1977
    Gurgler Kamm 1977
    Lobau 1977 1998
    Neusiedler See 1977 1998
    Grosses Walsertal 2000 2011
    Wienerwald 2005
    Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Berezinskiy 1978 1998, 2011
    Belovezhkaya Pushcha Brest Oblast 1993 2005, 2011
    West Polesie 2003 Shared with Poland and Ukraine
    Biosphere reserve Srebarna
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Steneto 1977
    Alibotouch 1977
    Bistrichko Branichté 1977
    Boitine 1977
    Djendema 1977
    Doupkata 1977
    Doupki-Djindjiritza 1977
    Kamtchia 1977
    Koupena 1977
    Mantaritza 1977
    Ouzounboudjak 1977
    Parangalitza 1977
    Srébarna 1977
    Tchervenata Sténa 1977
    Tchoupréné 1977
    Tsaritchina 1977
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Velebit Mountain 1977 1998, 2003
    Mura Drava Danube 2012 Shared with Hungary
    Sumava
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Krivoklátsko 1977 1998
    Trebon Basin 1977 1998 Shared with Hungary
    Lower Morava 1986 Extended and renamed in 2003
    Sumava 1990
    Krkokonose/Karkonosze 1992 2012 Shared with Poland
    Bílé Karpathy 1996 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    North-East Greenland Northern Greenland 1977
    Island of Muhu, West Estonian Archipelago
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    West Estonian Archipelago West Estonia and Islands 1990 2005
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    North Karelian North Karelia 1992 2009 Extended in 2009
    Archipelago Sea Area Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper 1994 2006
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Commune de Fakarava 1977 Extended and renamed in 2006
    Vallée du Fango 1977 1998 Extended in 1990
    Camargue 1977 2000, 2006 Extended in 2006
    Cévennes 1984 1998
    Iles et Mer d’Iroise 1988 2001 Extended and renamed in 2012
    Mont Ventoux 1990 2007
    Archipel de la Guadeloupe 1992
    Luberon-Lure 1997 2010
    Fontainebleau et du Gâtinais 1998 2010 Extended and renamed in 2010
    Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald 1998 2000,2011 Shared with Germany
    Basin de la Dordogne 2012
    Marais Audomarois 2013
    Mont-Viso/Area della Biosfera del Monviso 2013 Shared with Italy
    Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Flusslandschaft Elbe 1979 2002,2009
    Vessertal-Thüringen Forest 1979 2002, 2012 Extended in 1987, 1990
    Berechtsgadener Land 1990 2003, 2013
    Wadden Sea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein 1990 2006 Extended and renamed in 2004
    Schorfheide-Chorin 1990 2003, 2013
    Spreewald 1991 2003, 2013
    South-east Rügen 1991 2004
    Rhön 1991 2004
    Waddensea of Lower Saxony 1992 2006
    Waddensea of Hamburg 1992 2006
    Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft 1996 2007
    Schaalsee 2000 2012
    Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald 1998 2004, 2011 Shared with France
    Bliesgau 2009
    Schwäbische Alb 2013
    Samaria Gorge
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Gorge of Samaria Chania 1981 1999
    Mount Olympus Macedonia (Greece) 1981 1999
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Aggtelek Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County 1979 2007
    Hortobágy Northern Great Plain 1979 2007
    Kiskunság Southern Great Plain 1979 2007
    Lake Fertö 1979 2007
    Pilis Danube Bend 1980 2007
    Mura Drava Danube 2012 Shared with Croatia
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Collemeluccio-Montedimezzo 1977 2012
    Circeo 1977 2012, 2013
    Miramare 1979 1999, 2011
    Cilento and Valle di Diano 1997 2013
    Somma-Vesuvio and Miglio d’Oro 1997 2013
    Valle del Ticino 2002 2013
    Tuscan Islands 2003
    Selva Pisana 2004
    Mont-Viso/Area della Biosfera del Monviso 2013 Shared with France
    Sila 2014
    North Vidzeme
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    North Vidzeme Vidzeme 1997 2013
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Zuvintas 2011
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Tara River Basin 1976
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Waddensea Area 1986 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Ohrid-Prespa Western North Macedonia 2014 shared with Albania
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Babia Gora 1976 2000, 2013 Extended in 1997, 2001
    Bialowieza Podlaskie 1976 1998, 2013 Extended in 2005
    Lukajno Lake 1976 1999, 2011
    Slowinski 1976 1998, 2013
    Krkonose/Karkonosze 1992 2012 Shared with the Czech Republic
    Tatra Małopolskie 1992 2013 Shared with Slovakia
    East Carpathians 1998 2013 Shared with Slovakia and Ukraine
    Puszcza Kampinoska 2000 2013
    Tuchola Forest 2010
    West Polesie 2012 Shared with Belarus and Ukraine
    Flores Island
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Paúl do Boquilobo 1981
    Corvo Island 2007
    Graciosa Island 2007
    Flores Island 2009
    Geres/Xures 2009 Shared with Spain
    Berlengas 2011
    Santana Madeira 2011
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Pietrosul Mare 1979 1998
    Retezat 1979 1998
    Danube Delta Northern Dobruja 1998 2003 Shared with Ukraine
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Kavkazskiy Krasnodar Krai 1978 1998
    Okskiy 1978 1998 Part of Oka River Valley until 2000
    Sikhote-Alin 1978 1998
    Tsentral’nochernozem 1978 1999
    Astrakhanskiy 1984 2006
    Kronotskiy 1984 2005
    Laplandskiy 1984 1998
    Pechoro-Ilychskiy 1984 1998
    Sayano-Shusenskiy 1984 1998
    Sokhondinskiy 1984 1998
    Voronezhskiy 1984 1998
    Tsentral’nolesnoy 1985 1999
    Baikalskyi 1986 2005 Part of Lake Baikal until 2000
    Tzentralnosibirskii 1986 2005
    Chernyje Zemli 1993 2009
    Taimyrsky 1995 2009
    Ubsurnorskaya Kotlovina 1997 2009
    Daursky Zabaykalsky Krai 1997 2009
    Teberda 1997 2009
    Katunsky 2000
    Prioksko-Terrasnyi 1978 1999 Part of Oka River Valley until 2000
    Barguzinskyi 1986 2012 Part of Lake Baikal until 2000
    Nerusso-Desnianskoe-Polesie 2001
    Visimskiy 2001
    Vodlozersky 2001 2012
    Commander Islands 2002
    Darvinskiy 2002 2013
    Nijegorodskoe Zavolje 2002
    Smolensk Lakeland 2002 2013
    Ugra 2002 2013
    Far East Marine 2003
    Kedrovaya Pad 2004
    Kenozersky 2004
    Valdaiskiy 2004
    Khankaiskiy 2005
    Great Volzhsko-Kamsky 2005 Composed of Raifa, Sarali, Spassky and Siyazhsky units
    Middle-Volga Integrated 2006
    Rostovsky 2008
    Altaisky 2009
    Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain 2001
    Bashkirskiyi Ural 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Golija-Studenica 2001 2012
    Tatra National Park
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Slovensky Kras Eastern Slovakia 1977 1998, 2013
    Polana 1990 2001, 2013
    Tatra Central Slovakia 1992 Shared with Poland
    East Carpathians 1998 Shared with Poland and Ukraine
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Julian Alps Julian Alps 2003
    The Karst Coast and Karst 2004
    Kozjansko & Obsotelje 2010
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Grazalema Andalusia 1977 2004
    Ordesa-Viñamala Aragón 1977 2000, 2011 Extended in 2013
    Montseny Catalonia 1978 2000, 2011
    Doñana Andalusia 1980 2004
    Mancha Húmeda Castile-La Mancha 1980 2002
    Las Sierras de Cazorla y Segura Andalusia 1983 2004
    Marismas del Odiel Andalusia 1983 2004
    La Palma Canary Islands 1983 Extended and renamed 1997, 2002
    Urdaibai Basque Country 1984 2000, 2011
    Sierra Nevada Andalusia 1986 2000
    Cuenca Alta del Río Manzanares Community of Madrid 1992 2006
    Lanzarote Canary Islands 1993 2007
    Menorca Menorca 1993 2006 Change in zonation 2004
    Sierra de las Nieves y su Entorno Andalusia 1995 2007
    Cabo de Gata-Nijar Andalusia 1997 2011
    Isla de El Hierro Canary Islands 2000 2013
    Bardenas Reales Navarre 2000 2011
    Muniellos Asturias 2000 Extended in 2003
    Somiedo Asturias 2000 2011
    Redes Asturias 2001 2013
    Las Dehesas de Sierra Morena Andalusia 2002
    Terras de Miño Galicia 2002
    Valle de Laciana Castile and Leon 2003
    Picos de Europa Asturias 2003
    Monfragüe Extremadura 2003
    Valles de JUbera, Leza, Cidacos y Alhama La Rioja 2003
    Babia Castile and Leon 2004
    Alto Bernesga Castile and Leon 2005
    Área de Allariz Galicia 2005
    Gran Canaria Canary Islands 2005
    Sierra del Rincón Community of Madrid 2005
    Los Valles de Omaña y Luna Castile and Leon 2005
    Los Argüellos Castile and Leon 2005
    Las Sierras de Béjar y Francia Castile and Leon 2006
    Os Ancares Lucenses y Montes de Cervantes, Navya y Becerra Galicia 2006
    Los Ancares Leoneses Castile and Leon 2006
    Intercontinental Biospehere Reserve of the Mediterranean Andalusia 2006 Shared with Morocco
    Rio Eo, Oscos y Terras de Buron Galicia 2007
    Fuerteventura Canary Islands 2009
    Geres/Xures Galicia 2009 Shared with Portugal
    La Gomera Canary Islands 2012
    Las Ubiñas-La Mesa Asturias 2012
    Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo Galicia 2012
    Real Sitio de San Ildefonso-El Espinar Castile and Leon 2013
    Terres de l’Ebre, Catalonia Catalonia 2013
    Meseta Ibérica Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Portugal/Spain) Castile and Leon 2015 Shared with Portugal
    Macizo de Anaga Canary Islands 2015
    Tejo/Tajo Internacional Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Portugal/Spain) Extremadura 2016 Shared with Portugal
    Ponga Asturias 2018
    Alto Turia Valencian Community 2019
    La Siberia Extremadura 2019
    Valle del Cabriel Castile-La Mancha 2019
    Ribeira Sacra e Serras do Oribio e Courel Biosphere Reserve Galicia 2021
    Kristianstad Vattenrike
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Kristianstad Vattenrike 2005
    Lake Vänern Archipelago 2010
    Blekinge Archipelago Blekinge 2011
    Nedre Dalälven River Landscape 2011
    East Vättern landscape 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Reservat da Biosfera Val Müstair-Parc Naziunal Graubünden 1979 Extended and renamed in 2010
    Entlebuch 2001 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Camili Eastern Karadeniz 2005
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Chernomorskiy 1984 1998, 1999, 2012
    Askaniya-Nova 1985 1998, 2012
    Carpathian 1992 2003
    Danube Delta 1998 2010 Shared with Romania
    East Carpathians 1998 Shared with Poland and Slovakia
    Desnianskyi 2009
    West Polesie 2012 Shared with Belarus and Poland. Extended and renamed in 2012.
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Beinn Eighe 1976
    Braunton Burrow-North Devon 1976 Extended in 2002.
    Biosiffer Dyfi 1977 Extended and renamed in 2009.
    Galloway and southern Ayrshire 2012
    Brighton and Lewes Downs 2014
    Estuary in Clayoquot Sound
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mont Saint Hilaire Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec 1978 1998, 2009
    Waterton Southern Alberta, Alberta 1979 1998, 2009
    Long Point Lake Erie Shore, Ontario 1986 2001, 2012
    Riding Mountain Prairie Mountain, Manitoba 1986 2001, 2013
    Charlevoix Charlevoix, Quebec 1988 2003
    Niagara Escarpment From Niagara Falls to Tobermory, Ontario (see Bruce Trail) 1990 2002
    Clayoquot Sound Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (see Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and Strathcona Provincial Park) 2000 2011
    Redberry Lake West Central Saskatchewan, near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2000 2012
    Lac Saint-Pierre Trois-Rivières and Louiseville, Quebec 2000 2012
    Mount Arrowsmith Arrowsmith Coombs Country, Vancouver Island, British Columbia 2000 2011
    South West Nova Annapolis Valley, South Shore and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (see Kejimkujik National Park) 2001 2012
    Thousand Islands-Frontenac Arch Seaway Region Ontario 2002
    Georgian Bay Littoral Parry Sound, Ontario (see Georgian Bay Islands National Park) 2004 2016
    Manicouagan Uapishka Baie-Comeau, Quebec (see Quebec Route 389) 2007
    Fundy Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick 2007
    Bras d’Or Lake Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 2011
    Beaver Hills Edmonton Capital Region, Alberta 2016
    Tsá Tué Délı̨nę, Northwest Territories 2016
    Átl’ka7tsem Gibsons, Squamish and West Vancouver, British Columbia (see Garibaldi Provincial Park) 2021 Átl’ka7tsem is the Squamish language name for Howe Sound, pronounced "At-Kat-sum"
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    La Amistad 1982 2002
    Cordillera Volcánica Central 1988 2003 Extended in 2010.
    Agua y Paz 2007
    Sierra del Rosario, viewed from Mirador del Soroa
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Sierra del Rosario 1984 1998
    Cuchillas del Toa 1987 1999
    Península de Guanahacabibes 1987 1999
    Baconao 1984 1999
    Ciénaga de Zapata 2000 2011
    Buenavista 2000 2011
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Jaragua-Bahorocu-Enriquillo 2002
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Apaneca-Llamatepec 2007
    Xiriualtique Jiquitizco 2007
    Trifinio Fraternidad 2011 Shared with Guatemala and Honduras
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Maya Biosphere Reserve Northern Lowlands (Guatemala) 1990 2001
    Sierra de las Minas 1992 2013
    Trifinio Fraternidad 2011 Shared with El Salvador and Honduras
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    La Selle 2012
    Río Plátano
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve Caribbean Honduras 2007
    Trifinio Fraternidad Honduran Highlands 2011 Shared with El Salvador and Guatemala
    Cacique Lempira, Senor de las Montanas Honduran Highlands 2015
    San Marcos de Colon Honduran Highlands 2017
    Gray whale in El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mapimí Durango (state) 1976 1998
    La Michilía Durango (state) 1977 1998
    Montes Azules Chiapas 1979 1998
    El Cielo Tamaulipas 1986 2002
    Sian Ka’an Quintana Roo 1986 2002
    Sierra de Manantlán Colima, Jalisco 1988 1999
    Región de Calakmul Campeche 1993 2005 Extended and renamed in 2006.
    El Triunfo Chiapas 1993 2005
    El Vizcaíno Baja California Sur 1993
    Alto Golfo de California Sonora 1993 Extended and renamed in 1995.
    Islas del Golfo de California Sonora, Sinaloa 1995
    Sierra Gorda Queretaro 2001 2013
    Banco Chinchorro Quintana Roo 2003
    Sierra La Laguna Baja California Sur 2003
    Ría Celestún Yucatán 2004
    Ría Lagartos Yucatán 2004
    Arrecife Alcranes Yucatán 2006
    Barranca Metztitlán Hidalgo 2006
    Chamela-Cuixmala Jalisco 2006
    Cuatrociénegas Coahuila 2006
    Cumbres de Monterrey Nuevo Leon 2006
    Huatulco Oaxaca 2006
    La Encrucijada Chiapas 2006
    La Primavera Jalisco 2006
    La Sepultura Chiapas 2006
    Laguna Madre y Delta Río Bravo Tamaulipas 2006
    Los Tuxtlas Veracruz (state) 2006
    Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila Coahuila 2006
    Mariposa Monarca Michoacan 2006
    Pantanos de Centla Tabasco 2006
    Selva El Ocote Chiapas 2006
    Sierra de Huautla Morelos 2006
    Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano Veracruz (state) 2006
    Volcán Tacaná Chiapas 2006
    Sierra de Alamos-Río Cuchujaqui Sonora 2007
    Islas Marietas Nayarit 2008
    Los Petenes Campeche 2008
    Lagunas de Montebello Chiapas 2009
    Naha-Metzabok Chiapas 2010
    Los Volcanes Puebla, Mexico (state) 2010
    Islas Marias Nayarit 2010
    Tenhuacán-Cuicatlán Puebla / Oaxaca 2012
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Bosawas Northern Highlands 1997
    Río San Juan Rio San Juan Region 2003
    Ometepe Island Isla de Ometepe 2010
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Darién 1983 2000
    La Amistad La Amistad International Park 2000
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    St. Mary’s 2011
    Sequoia-Kings Canyon
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Aleutian Islands Southwestern Alaska 1976
    Big Bend Trans-Pecos 1976
    Cascade Head Central Oregon Coast 1976
    Central Plain Eastern Plains 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Channel Islands Channel Islands National Park 1976
    Coram Northwestern Montana 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Denali Interior Alaska 1976
    Desert Western Utah 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Everglades & Dry Tortugas Southwest Florida 1976
    Fraser Front Range 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Glacier (Crown of the Continent) Glacier National Park 1976
    H.J Andrews Willamette National Forest 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Hubbard Brook White Mountains 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Jornada Southwest New Mexico 1976
    Luquillo El Yunque National Forest 1976
    Noatak Noatak National Preserve 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Olympic Olympic National Park 1976
    Organ Pipe Cactus Western Arizona 1976
    Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain National Park 1976
    San Dimas San Gabriel Valley 1976 Withdrawn in 2018.
    San Joaquin Madera County 1976 Withdrawn in 2019.
    Sequoia-Kings Canyon Sierra Nevada 1976
    Stanislaus-Tuolumne Sierra Nevada 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Three Sisters Sisters 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Virgin Islands Saint John 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Yellowstone-Grand Teton Montana, Wyoming 1976
    Beaver Creek Northern Arizona 1976 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Konza Prarie Flint Hills 1978 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Niwot Ridge Front Range 1979 Withdrawn in 2017.
    University of Michigan Biological Station Central Michigan 1979
    Virginia Coast Eastern Shore 1979
    Hawaiian Islands Hawaii 1980 Includes Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakalā National Parks.
    Isle Royale Isle Royale National Park 1980
    Big Thicket Deep East Texas 1981
    Guanica Guánica 1981
    California Coast Ranges Bay Area, North Coast 1983 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Central Gulf Coast Plain Forgotten Coast 1983
    South Atlantic Coastal Plain Greater Columbia 1983
    Mojave and Colorado Deserts California Desert 1984 Includes Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Santa Rosa Mountains and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
    Carolinian-South Atlantic Georgia, South Carolina 1986 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Glacier Bay-Admiralty Island Southeastern Alaska 1986
    Golden Gate Bay Area 1988
    New Jersey Pinelands Pine Barrens 1988
    Southern Appalachian Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1988
    Champlain-Adirondak Champlain Valley, Adirondacks 1986
    Mammoth Cave Area Caves and Lakes 1990 Extended in 1996.
    Land Between The Lakes Area Western Waterlands 1991 Withdrawn in 2017.
    Rainbow Beach, Great Sandy
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Croajingolong 1977 2003
    Kosciuszko 1977 2003
    Prince Regent River 1977 2003
    Unnamed Mamungari Conservation Park / Unnamed Conservation Park 1977 2003
    Uluru 1977 2003
    Yathong 1977 2003
    Fitzgerald River 1978 2003, 2013
    Hattah-Kulkyne & Murray-Kulkybe 1981 2003
    Wilson’s Promontory Wilsons Promontory National Park 1981 2003
    Riverland 1977 2003 renamed twice, extended in 1995
    Mornington Penincula and Western Port 2002
    Barkindji 2005
    Noosa 2007
    Great Sandy Great Sandy National Park 2009
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Utwe 2005
    And Atoll 2007
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Ngaremeduu 2005
    Laguna Oca y Herraduras del Río Paraguay
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    San Guillermo 1980 2000
    Laguna Blanca 1982 2000
    Costero del Sur 1984 2000
    Ñacuñán 1986 2000
    Laguna de Pozuelos 1990 2006
    Yabotí 1995 2006
    Mar Chiquito 1996 2012
    Delta del Paraná 2000
    Riacho Teuquito 1984 2000
    San Guillermo 2000
    Laguna Oca y Herraduras del Río Paraguay 2001 Renamed and extended in 2014.
    Las Yungas 2002
    Andino Norpatagónica 2007
    Pereyra Iraola 2007
    Valdés 2014
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Pilón-Lajas 1977 2006
    Ulla Ulla 1977 2006
    Beni 1986 2000
    Caatinga
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Mata Atlântica (including Sao Paolo Green Belt) 1993 Extended in 2002, 2009
    Cerrado 1993 Extended in 2000, 2001
    Pantanal 2000
    Caatinga 2001
    Central Amazon 2001
    Espinhaço Range 2005
    Fray Jorge
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Fray Jorge Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park 1977 1999 Extended in 2012
    Juan Fernández Juan Fernández Islands 1977 1999
    Torres de Paine Torres del Paine National Park 1978 1999
    Laguna San Rafael Laguna San Rafael National Park 1979 1999
    Lauca Lauca National Park 1981 1999
    Araucarias Conguillío National Park, Alto Bío Bío National Reserve 1983 1999 Extended in 2010.
    La Campana-Peñuelas La Campana National Park, Lago Peñuelas National Reserve 1984 1999 Extended in 2009.
    Cabo de Hornos Cabo de Hornos National Park 2005
    Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes 2005
    Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán - Laguna del Laja Laguna del Laja National Park 2011
    Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Cinturón Andino 1979 2001
    El Tuparro 1979 2001
    Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 1979 2001
    Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta 2000 2011
    Seaflower 2000 2011
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Archipiélago de Colón (Galápagos) 1984 1999
    Yasuni 1989 2001
    Sumasco 2000 Extended in 2002.
    Podocarpus-El Condor 2007
    Macizo del Cajas 2013
    Bosque Seco 2014
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Bosque Mbaracayú 2000 2013
    El Chaco 2005
    Huascarán
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Huascarán 1977 1999, 2005
    Manu 1977 1999
    Noroeste 1977 1999
    Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha 2010
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Bañados del Este 1976 2005
    Bioma Pampa-Quebradas del Norte 2014
    Official name Location Year of designation Periodic review Notes
    Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare 1993
    Delta del Orinoco 2009
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