UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves

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.

Understand

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.


Africa

Algeria

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Tassili N’AjjerSaharan Algeria19862014
El KalaNortheast Algeria19902002, 2016
DjurdjuraCentral Algeria19972011
ChréaBlida, Central Algeria20022014
TazaNortheast Algeria20042016
GourayaCentral Algeria20042016
BelezmaBatna, Northeast Algeria2015
Tlemcen MountainsTlemcen, Northwest Algeria2016

Benin

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Complex W-Arly-PenjariSouthwestern Niger2002, 20202014, 2017Shared with Burkina Faso and Niger
MonoSouthern Benin2017Shared with Togo
Oueme Lower ValleySouthern Benin2017

Burkina Faso

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mare aux hippopotamesBlack Volta Region19861998, 2016
Complex W-Arly-PenjariEast Burkina Faso (see W National Park)20022014,2016Shared with Benin and Niger

Cape Verde

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Fogo2020
Maio2020

Cameroon

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
WazaNorthern Cameroon19792006, 2016
BenouéNorthern Cameroon19812006, 2016
DjaSouth Cameroon Plateau19812006,2017
Doumba-ReyAdamaoua2021

Central African Republic

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Basse-Lobaye1977

Chad

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Sena OuraSoudanian Chad2022

Comoros

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mwali2020

Republic of the Congo

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
OdzalaCuvette and Sangha and Likouala19772017
DimonikaCoast and Mayombe19882017

Democratic Republic of Congo

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
YangambiCongo Basin19761998, 2016
LukiWestern DRC19761998, 2005

Côte d'Ivoire

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
TaïSouthwestern Forests19771999
ComoéNorthern Savanna19831999, 2010

Egypt

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
OmayedLower Egypt19812001, 2011Extended in 1998
Wadi AllaqiLake Nasser, Upper Egypt19932004, 2012

Eswatini

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Lubombo2019

Ethiopia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
KafaSouthern Ethiopia2010
Yayu2010
ShekaWestern Ethiopia2012
Lake TanaNorthern Ethiopia2015
Majang ForestWestern Ethiopia2017

Ghana

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
BiaAshanti-Kwahu19831998, 2017
SongorGhanaian Coastal Plain2011
Lake BosomtweAshanti-Kwahu2016

Guinea

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mont NimbaGuinee Forestiere19802004
Massif du ZiamaGuinee Forestiere19802004
BadiarMoyenne Guinee2002
Haut NigerHaute Guinee2002

Guinea-Bissau

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Boloma Bijagós19962015

Kenya

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mount KenyaSouthern Rift Valley19782016
Mount KulaiNorthern Rift Valley19782011
Malindi-WatamuMalindi, Coastal Kenya19792016
KiungaLamu, Coastal Kenya19802016
AmboseliCoastal Kenya19912003, 2017
Mount ElgonWestern Kenya20032017

Lesotho

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Matšeng Biosphere Reserve2021

Madagascar

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mananara NordToamasina Province19902012
Sahamalaza-Iles RadmaAntsiranana Province20012012
Littoral de ToliaraToliara Province2003
Belo-sur-Mer—Kirindy-MiteMorondava, Toliara Province2016
Tsimanampesotse - Nosy Ve AndrokaToliara Province2018

Malawi

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mount MulanjeSouthern Malawi20002014
Lake Chilwa WetlandSouthern Malawi2006

Mali

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Bouclé du BaouleKayes19821998, 2013

Mauritania

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Delta du Fleuve SénégalCoastal Mauritania2005Shared with Senegal

Mauritius

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Black River Gorges-Bel Ombre19771998Previously named Macchabee/Bel Ombre

Morocco

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
ArganeraieAgadir, South Atlantic Coast19982010
Oasis du sud marocainSaharan Morocco20002017
Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the MediterraneanMediterranean Morocco2006Shared with Spain
Atlas CedarMiddle Atlas2016

Niger

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Aïr et TénéréNorthern Niger19972009
Complex W-Arly-PenjariSouthwestern Niger20022013Shared with Benin and Burkina Faso
GadabedjiNorthern Niger2020

Nigeria

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
OmoLagos State, South West Nigeria19771998, 2012
Hadejia Nguru BadeNorth West Nigeria2020
ObanCross River State, South South Nigeria20201998
OkwangwoCross River State, South South Nigeria20201998

Rwanda

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Volcans1983
Gishwati-Mukura Landscape2020

São Tomé and Príncipe

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
The Island of Principe2012

Senegal

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Samba DiaCentral Senegal19791999, 2015
Delta du SaloumPalmarin, Central Senegal19801999, 2015
Niokolo-KobaTambacounda Region19811999
Delta du Fleuve SénégalNorthern Senegal2005Shared with Mauritania
FerloNorthern Senegal2012

South Africa

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Kogelbergnear Kleinmond, Overberg19982010
Cape West Coastnear Langebaan, West Coast2000Extended in 2003, Reviewed 2016
WaterbergWaterberg, Limpopo20012013
Kruger to CanyonsKruger National Park and Blyde River Canyon20012013
Cape WinelandsWestern Cape2007
Vhembe2009
Gouritz ClusterLittle Karoo, Western Cape20152013
MagaliesbergWest Rand, Gauteng2015
Garden RouteEastern Cape2017
MaricoNorth West Province2018

Sudan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
DinderEastern Sudan19792001, 2016
RadomDarfur19792001
Jebel Al DairCentral Sudan2017

Tanzania

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Lake ManyaraArusha, Northeast Tanzania19812017Extended 2017
Serengeti - NgorongoroNortheast Tanzania19812017Extended 2017
East UsambaraNortheast Tanzania20002017Extended 2017
Jozani-Chwaka BayZanzibar2016
Gombe Masito UgallaNorthwest Tanzania2018

Togo

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Oti-Kéran/Oti-MandouriNorthern Togo2011
Mono Transboundary Biosphere ReserveMaritime Togo2017Shared with Benin

Tunisia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Djebel Bou-HedmaSaharan Tunisia19771999
Djebel ChambiSaharan Tunisia19771999
IchkeulNorthern Tunisia19771999
Iles Zembra et ZembrettaNorthern Tunisia19771999

Uganda

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Queen ElizabethWestern Uganda19791998
Mount EgonEastern Uganda2005

Zimbabwe

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Middle ZambeziLake Kariba-Lower Zambezi2010
ChimanimaniEastern Highlands2022

Asia

Cambodia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Tonle Sap19972012

China

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Changbaishan19791998
Dingushan19791998
Wolong19791998
Fanjingshan19861999
Xilin Gol19871999
Wuyishan19871999
Bodega19902001
Shennongjia19902011
Yancheng19922003
Xishuangbanna19932004
Maolan19962007
Tianmushan19962007
Fenglin19972009
Jiuzhaigou Valley19972011
Nanji Islands19982011
Shankou Mangrove20002011
Baishujiang20002011
Gaoligong Mountain20002011
Huanglong20002011
Baotianman20012012
Saihan Wula20012012
Dalai Lake2002
Wudalianchi2003
Yading2003
Foping2004
Qomolangma2004
Chabaling2007
Xingkai Lake2007
Mao’er Mountain2011
Jinggangshan2012
Niubeiliang2012
Snake Island, Laotie Mountain2013

India

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Nilgiri20002012
Gulf of Mannar20012013
Sunderban20012013
Nanda Devi2004
Nokrek2009
Pachmarhi2009
Similpal2009
Achanmar-Amarkantak2012
Great Nicobar2013

Indonesia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Cibodas, including Mount Gede Pangrango National ParkBogor Raya19772011
Komodo National ParkFlores19771999,2013
Lore Lindu National ParkCentral Sulawesi19771999,2013
Tanjung Puting National ParkCentral Kalimantan19771998, 2013
Gunung Leuser National ParkAceh and North Sumatra19811999, 2013
SiberutMentawai Islands19811999, 2013
Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu BioreserveRiau2009
WakatobiSoutheast Sulawesi2012

Iran

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Arasbaran19762002, 2013
Arjan19762002, 2013
Geno19762002, 2013
Golestan19762002, 2013
Hara19762002, 2013
Kavir19762002, 2013
Lake Oromeeh19762002, 2013
Miankaleh19762002, 2013
Touran19762002, 2013
Dena2010

Israel

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mount Carmel19962007
Ramat Menashe2011

Japan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mount Hakusan19801999
Mount Odaigahara & Mount Omine19801999
Shiga Highland19801999Extended in 2014
Yakushima Island19801999
Aya2012
Minami-Alps2014
Tadami2014

Jordan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Dana1998
Mujib2011

Kazakhstan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Korgalzhyn2012
Alakol2013
Ak-Zhayik2014
Katon-Karagay2014

Kyrgyzstan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Sary-ChelekFerghana Valley19782013
Issyk KulIssyk Kul and the Tian Shan20012013

Lebanon

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Shouf2005
Jabal Al Rihane2007
Jabal Moussa2009

Malaysia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Tasik Chini2009
Crocker Range2014

Maldives

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Baa Atoll2009

Mongolia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Great Gobi1990
Bogd Khan Uul1996
Uvs Nuur Basin1997
Hustai Nuruu2002
Dornod Mongol2005
Mongol Daguur2007

North Korea

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mount PaekduBaekdu Mountains19892002
Mount Kuwol2004
Mount Myohyang2009
Mount Chilbo2014

Pakistan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Lal SuhanraSouthern Punjab19771998
Ziarat Juniper ForestBalochistan2013

Philippines

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Puerto Galera1977
Palawan19902012
Albay2016

Qatar

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Al Reem2007

South Korea

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mount Sorak19821998, 2013
Jeju IslandJeju20022013
Shinhan Dadohae2009
Gwangneung Forest2010
Gochang2013

Sri Lanka

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Hurulu19771998
SinharajaSouthern Province19781998, 2004
Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadenya2004
Bundala2005

Syria

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Lajat2009

Thailand

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Sakaerat19761999
Hauy Tak Teak19771999
Mae Sa-Kog Ma19771999
Ranong19972011

Turkmenistan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Repetek19782005

United Arab Emirates

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Marawah2007

Uzbekistan

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mount Chatkal19781999

Vietnam

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Can Gio Mangrove20012011
Dong Nai20012012Formerly Cat Tien, extended in 2011
Cat Ba2004
Red River Delta2004
Kien Giang2006
Western Nghe An2007
Mui Ca Mau2009
Cu Lao Cham-Hoi An2009

Yemen

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Socotra ArchipelagoSocotra2003
Bura’a2011

Europe

Albania

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Ohrid-PrespaSoutheastern Albania2014shared with North Macedonia

Austria

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Gossenköllesee1977
Gurgler Kamm1977
Lobau19771998
Neusiedler See19771998
Grosses Walsertal20002011
Wienerwald2005
Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge2012

Belarus

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Berezinskiy19781998, 2011
Belovezhkaya PushchaBrest Oblast19932005, 2011
West Polesie2003Shared with Poland and Ukraine

Bulgaria

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Steneto1977
Alibotouch1977
Bistrichko Branichté1977
Boitine1977
Djendema1977
Doupkata1977
Doupki-Djindjiritza1977
Kamtchia1977
Koupena1977
Mantaritza1977
Ouzounboudjak1977
Parangalitza1977
Srébarna1977
Tchervenata Sténa1977
Tchoupréné1977
Tsaritchina1977

Croatia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Velebit Mountain19771998, 2003
Mura Drava Danube2012Shared with Hungary

Czech Republic

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Krivoklátsko19771998
Trebon Basin19771998Shared with Hungary
Lower Morava1986Extended and renamed in 2003
Sumava1990
Krkokonose/Karkonosze19922012Shared with Poland
Bílé Karpathy19962012

Denmark

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
North-East GreenlandNorthern Greenland1977

Estonia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
West Estonian ArchipelagoWest Estonia and Islands19902005

Finland

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
North KarelianNorth Karelia19922009Extended in 2009
Archipelago Sea AreaArchipelago Sea, Finland Proper19942006

France

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Commune de Fakarava1977Extended and renamed in 2006
Vallée du Fango19771998Extended in 1990
Camargue19772000, 2006Extended in 2006
Cévennes19841998
Iles et Mer d’Iroise19882001Extended and renamed in 2012
Mont Ventoux19902007
Archipel de la Guadeloupe1992
Luberon-Lure19972010
Fontainebleau et du Gâtinais19982010Extended and renamed in 2010
Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald19982000,2011Shared with Germany
Basin de la Dordogne2012
Marais Audomarois2013
Mont-Viso/Area della Biosfera del Monviso2013Shared with Italy

Germany

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Flusslandschaft Elbe19792002,2009
Vessertal-Thüringen Forest19792002, 2012Extended in 1987, 1990
Berechtsgadener Land19902003, 2013
Wadden Sea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein19902006Extended and renamed in 2004
Schorfheide-Chorin19902003, 2013
Spreewald19912003, 2013
South-east Rügen19912004
Rhön19912004
Waddensea of Lower Saxony19922006
Waddensea of Hamburg19922006
Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft19962007
Schaalsee20002012
Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald19982004, 2011Shared with France
Bliesgau2009
Schwäbische Alb2013

Greece

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Gorge of SamariaChania19811999
Mount OlympusMacedonia (Greece)19811999

Hungary

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
AggtelekBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County19792007
HortobágyNorthern Great Plain19792007
KiskunságSouthern Great Plain19792007
Lake Fertö19792007
PilisDanube Bend19802007
Mura Drava Danube2012Shared with Croatia

Italy

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Collemeluccio-Montedimezzo19772012
Circeo19772012, 2013
Miramare19791999, 2011
Cilento and Valle di Diano19972013
Somma-Vesuvio and Miglio d’Oro19972013
Valle del Ticino20022013
Tuscan Islands2003
Selva Pisana2004
Mont-Viso/Area della Biosfera del Monviso2013Shared with France
Sila2014

Latvia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
North VidzemeVidzeme19972013

Lithuania

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Zuvintas2011

Montenegro

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Tara River Basin1976

Netherlands

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Waddensea Area19862012

North Macedonia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Ohrid-PrespaWestern North Macedonia2014shared with Albania

Poland

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Babia Gora19762000, 2013Extended in 1997, 2001
BialowiezaPodlaskie19761998, 2013Extended in 2005
Lukajno Lake19761999, 2011
Slowinski19761998, 2013
Krkonose/Karkonosze19922012Shared with the Czech Republic
TatraMałopolskie19922013Shared with Slovakia
East Carpathians19982013Shared with Slovakia and Ukraine
Puszcza Kampinoska20002013
Tuchola Forest2010
West Polesie2012Shared with Belarus and Ukraine

Portugal

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Paúl do Boquilobo1981
Corvo Island2007
Graciosa Island2007
Flores Island2009
Geres/Xures2009Shared with Spain
Berlengas2011
Santana Madeira2011

Romania

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Pietrosul Mare19791998
Retezat19791998
Danube DeltaNorthern Dobruja19982003Shared with Ukraine

Russia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
KavkazskiyKrasnodar Krai19781998
Okskiy19781998Part of Oka River Valley until 2000
Sikhote-Alin19781998
Tsentral’nochernozem19781999
Astrakhanskiy19842006
Kronotskiy19842005
Laplandskiy19841998
Pechoro-Ilychskiy19841998
Sayano-Shusenskiy19841998
Sokhondinskiy19841998
Voronezhskiy19841998
Tsentral’nolesnoy19851999
Baikalskyi19862005Part of Lake Baikal until 2000
Tzentralnosibirskii19862005
Chernyje Zemli19932009
Taimyrsky19952009
Ubsurnorskaya Kotlovina19972009
DaurskyZabaykalsky Krai19972009
Teberda19972009
Katunsky2000
Prioksko-Terrasnyi19781999Part of Oka River Valley until 2000
Barguzinskyi19862012Part of Lake Baikal until 2000
Nerusso-Desnianskoe-Polesie2001
Visimskiy2001
Vodlozersky20012012
Commander Islands2002
Darvinskiy20022013
Nijegorodskoe Zavolje2002
Smolensk Lakeland20022013
Ugra20022013
Far East Marine2003
Kedrovaya Pad2004
Kenozersky2004
Valdaiskiy2004
Khankaiskiy2005
Great Volzhsko-Kamsky2005Composed of Raifa, Sarali, Spassky and Siyazhsky units
Middle-Volga Integrated2006
Rostovsky2008
Altaisky2009
Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain2001
Bashkirskiyi Ural2012

Serbia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Golija-Studenica20012012

Slovakia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Slovensky KrasEastern Slovakia19771998, 2013
Polana19902001, 2013
TatraCentral Slovakia1992Shared with Poland
East Carpathians1998Shared with Poland and Ukraine

Slovenia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Julian AlpsJulian Alps2003
The KarstCoast and Karst2004
Kozjansko & Obsotelje2010

Spain

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
GrazalemaAndalusia19772004
Ordesa-ViñamalaAragón19772000, 2011Extended in 2013
Montseny Catalonia19782000, 2011
DoñanaAndalusia19802004
Mancha HúmedaCastile-La Mancha19802002
Las Sierras de Cazorla y SeguraAndalusia19832004
Marismas del OdielAndalusia19832004
La PalmaCanary Islands1983Extended and renamed 1997, 2002
UrdaibaiBasque Country19842000, 2011
Sierra NevadaAndalusia19862000
Cuenca Alta del Río Manzanares Community of Madrid19922006
LanzaroteCanary Islands19932007
MenorcaMenorca19932006Change in zonation 2004
Sierra de las Nieves y su EntornoAndalusia19952007
Cabo de Gata-NijarAndalusia19972011
Isla de El HierroCanary Islands20002013
Bardenas RealesNavarre20002011
MuniellosAsturias2000Extended in 2003
SomiedoAsturias20002011
RedesAsturias20012013
Las Dehesas de Sierra MorenaAndalusia2002
Terras de MiñoGalicia2002
Valle de LacianaCastile and Leon2003
Picos de EuropaAsturias2003
MonfragüeExtremadura2003
Valles de JUbera, Leza, Cidacos y AlhamaLa Rioja2003
BabiaCastile and Leon2004
Alto BernesgaCastile and Leon2005
Área de AllarizGalicia2005
Gran CanariaCanary Islands2005
Sierra del Rincón Community of Madrid2005
Los Valles de Omaña y LunaCastile and Leon2005
Los ArgüellosCastile and Leon2005
Las Sierras de Béjar y FranciaCastile and Leon2006
Os Ancares Lucenses y Montes de Cervantes, Navya y BecerraGalicia2006
Los Ancares LeonesesCastile and Leon2006
Intercontinental Biospehere Reserve of the MediterraneanAndalusia2006Shared with Morocco
Rio Eo, Oscos y Terras de BuronGalicia2007
FuerteventuraCanary Islands2009
Geres/XuresGalicia2009Shared with Portugal
La GomeraCanary Islands2012
Las Ubiñas-La MesaAsturias2012
Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do MandeoGalicia2012
Real Sitio de San Ildefonso-El EspinarCastile and Leon2013
Terres de l’Ebre, CataloniaCatalonia2013
Meseta Ibérica Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Portugal/Spain)Castile and Leon2015Shared with Portugal
Macizo de AnagaCanary Islands2015
Tejo/Tajo Internacional Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Portugal/Spain)Extremadura2016Shared with Portugal
PongaAsturias2018
Alto TuriaValencian Community2019
La SiberiaExtremadura2019
Valle del CabrielCastile-La Mancha2019
Ribeira Sacra e Serras do Oribio e Courel Biosphere ReserveGalicia2021

Sweden

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Kristianstad Vattenrike2005
Lake Vänern Archipelago2010
Blekinge ArchipelagoBlekinge2011
Nedre Dalälven River Landscape2011
East Vättern landscape2012

Switzerland

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Reservat da Biosfera Val Müstair-Parc NaziunalGraubünden1979Extended and renamed in 2010
Entlebuch20012012

Turkey

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
CamiliEastern Karadeniz2005

Ukraine

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Chernomorskiy19841998, 1999, 2012
Askaniya-Nova19851998, 2012
Carpathian19922003
Danube Delta19982010Shared with Romania
East Carpathians1998Shared with Poland and Slovakia
Desnianskyi2009
West Polesie2012Shared with Belarus and Poland. Extended and renamed in 2012.

United Kingdom

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Beinn Eighe1976
Braunton Burrow-North Devon1976Extended in 2002.
Biosiffer Dyfi1977Extended and renamed in 2009.
Galloway and southern Ayrshire2012
Brighton and Lewes Downs2014

North America

Canada

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mont Saint HilaireMont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec19781998, 2009
WatertonSouthern Alberta, Alberta19791998, 2009
Long PointLake Erie Shore, Ontario19862001, 2012
Riding MountainPrairie Mountain, Manitoba19862001, 2013
CharlevoixCharlevoix, Quebec19882003
Niagara EscarpmentFrom Niagara Falls to Tobermory, Ontario (see Bruce Trail)19902002
Clayoquot SoundTofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (see Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and Strathcona Provincial Park)20002011
Redberry LakeWest Central Saskatchewan, near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan20002012
Lac Saint-PierreTrois-Rivières and Louiseville, Quebec20002012
Mount ArrowsmithArrowsmith Coombs Country, Vancouver Island, British Columbia20002011
South West NovaAnnapolis Valley, South Shore and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (see Kejimkujik National Park)20012012
Thousand Islands-Frontenac ArchSeaway Region Ontario2002
Georgian Bay LittoralParry Sound, Ontario (see Georgian Bay Islands National Park)20042016
Manicouagan UapishkaBaie-Comeau, Quebec (see Quebec Route 389)2007
FundyBay of Fundy, New Brunswick2007
Bras d’Or LakeCape Breton Island, Nova Scotia2011
Beaver HillsEdmonton Capital Region, Alberta2016
Tsá TuéDélı̨nę, Northwest Territories2016
Átl’ka7tsemGibsons, Squamish and West Vancouver, British Columbia (see Garibaldi Provincial Park)2021Átl’ka7tsem is the Squamish language name for Howe Sound, pronounced "At-Kat-sum"

Costa Rica

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
La Amistad19822002
Cordillera Volcánica Central19882003Extended in 2010.
Agua y Paz2007

Cuba

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Sierra del Rosario19841998
Cuchillas del Toa19871999
Península de Guanahacabibes19871999
Baconao19841999
Ciénaga de Zapata20002011
Buenavista20002011

Dominican Republic

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Jaragua-Bahorocu-Enriquillo2002

El Salvador

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Apaneca-Llamatepec2007
Xiriualtique Jiquitizco2007
Trifinio Fraternidad2011Shared with Guatemala and Honduras

Guatemala

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Maya Biosphere ReserveNorthern Lowlands (Guatemala)19902001
Sierra de las Minas19922013
Trifinio Fraternidad2011Shared with El Salvador and Honduras

Haiti

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
La Selle2012

Honduras

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Río Plátano Biosphere ReserveCaribbean Honduras2007
Trifinio FraternidadHonduran Highlands2011Shared with El Salvador and Guatemala

Mexico

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
MapimíDurango (state)19761998
La MichilíaDurango (state)19771998
Montes AzulesChiapas19791998
El CieloTamaulipas19862002
Sian Ka’anQuintana Roo19862002
Sierra de ManantlánColima, Jalisco19881999
Región de CalakmulCampeche19932005Extended and renamed in 2006.
El TriunfoChiapas19932005
El VizcaínoBaja California Sur1993
Alto Golfo de CaliforniaSonora1993Extended and renamed in 1995.
Islas del Golfo de CaliforniaSonora, Sinaloa1995
Sierra GordaQueretaro20012013
Banco ChinchorroQuintana Roo2003
Sierra La LagunaBaja California Sur2003
Ría CelestúnYucatán2004
Ría LagartosYucatán2004
Arrecife AlcranesYucatán2006
Barranca MetztitlánHidalgo2006
Chamela-CuixmalaJalisco2006
CuatrociénegasCoahuila2006
Cumbres de MonterreyNuevo Leon2006
HuatulcoOaxaca2006
La EncrucijadaChiapas2006
La PrimaveraJalisco2006
La SepulturaChiapas2006
Laguna Madre y Delta Río BravoTamaulipas2006
Los TuxtlasVeracruz (state)2006
Maderas del Carmen, CoahuilaCoahuila2006
Mariposa MonarcaMichoacan2006
Pantanos de CentlaTabasco2006
Selva El OcoteChiapas2006
Sierra de HuautlaMorelos2006
Sistema Arrecifal VeracruzanoVeracruz (state)2006
Volcán TacanáChiapas2006
Sierra de Alamos-Río CuchujaquiSonora2007
Islas MarietasNayarit2008
Los PetenesCampeche2008
Lagunas de MontebelloChiapas2009
Naha-MetzabokChiapas2010
Los VolcanesPuebla, Mexico (state)2010
Islas MariasNayarit2010
Tenhuacán-CuicatlánPuebla / Oaxaca2012

Nicaragua

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
BosawasNorthern Highlands1997
Río San JuanRio San Juan Region2003
Ometepe IslandIsla de Ometepe2010

Panama

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Darién19832000
La AmistadLa Amistad International Park2000

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
St. Mary’s2011

United States of America

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Aleutian IslandsSouthwestern Alaska1976
Big BendTrans-Pecos1976
Cascade HeadCentral Oregon Coast1976
Central PlainEastern Plains1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Channel IslandsChannel Islands National Park1976
CoramNorthwestern Montana1976Withdrawn in 2017.
DenaliInterior Alaska1976
DesertWestern Utah1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Everglades & Dry TortugasSouthwest Florida1976
FraserFront Range1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Glacier (Crown of the Continent)Glacier National Park1976
H.J AndrewsWillamette National Forest1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Hubbard BrookWhite Mountains1976Withdrawn in 2017.
JornadaSouthwest New Mexico1976
LuquilloEl Yunque National Forest1976
NoatakNoatak National Preserve1976Withdrawn in 2017.
OlympicOlympic National Park1976
Organ Pipe CactusWestern Arizona1976
Rocky MountainRocky Mountain National Park1976
San DimasSan Gabriel Valley1976Withdrawn in 2018.
San JoaquinMadera County1976Withdrawn in 2019.
Sequoia-Kings CanyonSierra Nevada1976
Stanislaus-TuolumneSierra Nevada1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Three SistersSisters1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Virgin IslandsSaint John1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Yellowstone-Grand TetonMontana, Wyoming1976
Beaver CreekNorthern Arizona1976Withdrawn in 2017.
Konza PrarieFlint Hills1978Withdrawn in 2017.
Niwot RidgeFront Range1979Withdrawn in 2017.
University of Michigan Biological StationCentral Michigan1979
Virginia CoastEastern Shore1979
Hawaiian IslandsHawaii1980Includes Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakalā National Parks.
Isle RoyaleIsle Royale National Park1980
Big ThicketDeep East Texas1981
GuanicaGuánica1981
California Coast RangesBay Area, North Coast1983Withdrawn in 2017.
Central Gulf Coast PlainForgotten Coast1983
South Atlantic Coastal PlainGreater Columbia1983
Mojave and Colorado DesertsCalifornia Desert1984Includes Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Santa Rosa Mountains and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Carolinian-South AtlanticGeorgia, South Carolina1986Withdrawn in 2017.
Glacier Bay-Admiralty IslandSoutheastern Alaska1986
Golden GateBay Area1988
New Jersey PinelandsPine Barrens1988
Southern AppalachianGreat Smoky Mountains National Park1988
Champlain-AdirondakChamplain Valley, Adirondacks1986
Mammoth Cave AreaCaves and Lakes1990Extended in 1996.
Land Between The Lakes AreaWestern Waterlands1991Withdrawn in 2017.

Oceania

Australia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Croajingolong19772003
Kosciuszko19772003
Prince Regent River19772003
UnnamedMamungari Conservation Park / Unnamed Conservation Park19772003
Uluru19772003
Yathong19772003
Fitzgerald River19782003, 2013
Hattah-Kulkyne & Murray-Kulkybe19812003
Wilson’s PromontoryWilsons Promontory National Park19812003
Riverland19772003renamed twice, extended in 1995
Mornington Penincula and Western Port2002
Barkindji2005
Noosa2007
Great SandyGreat Sandy National Park2009

Federated States of Micronesia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Utwe2005
And Atoll2007

Palau

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Ngaremeduu2005

South America

Argentina

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
San Guillermo19802000
Laguna Blanca19822000
Costero del Sur19842000
Ñacuñán19862000
Laguna de Pozuelos19902006
Yabotí19952006
Mar Chiquito19962012
Delta del Paraná2000
Riacho Teuquito19842000
San Guillermo2000
Laguna Oca y Herraduras del Río Paraguay2001Renamed and extended in 2014.
Las Yungas2002
Andino Norpatagónica2007
Pereyra Iraola2007
Valdés2014

Bolivia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Pilón-Lajas19772006
Ulla Ulla19772006
Beni19862000

Brazil

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Mata Atlântica (including Sao Paolo Green Belt)1993Extended in 2002, 2009
Cerrado1993Extended in 2000, 2001
Pantanal2000
Caatinga2001
Central Amazon2001
Espinhaço Range2005

Chile

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Fray JorgeBosque de Fray Jorge National Park19771999Extended in 2012
Juan FernándezJuan Fernández Islands19771999
Torres de PaineTorres del Paine National Park19781999
Laguna San RafaelLaguna San Rafael National Park19791999
LaucaLauca National Park19811999
AraucariasConguillío National Park, Alto Bío Bío National Reserve19831999Extended in 2010.
La Campana-PeñuelasLa Campana National Park, Lago Peñuelas National Reserve19841999Extended in 2009.
Cabo de HornosCabo de Hornos National Park2005
Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes
  • Villarrica National Park (partially)
  • Puyehue National Park
  • Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park
  • Alerce Andino National Park
  • Hornopirén National Park
  • Mocho-Choshuenco National Reserve
  • Llanquihue National Reserve
  • Futaleufú National Reserve
2005
Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán - Laguna del LajaLaguna del Laja National Park2011

Colombia

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Cinturón Andino19792001
El Tuparro19792001
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta19792001
Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta20002011
Seaflower20002011

Ecuador

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Archipiélago de Colón (Galápagos)19841999
Yasuni19892001
Sumasco2000Extended in 2002.
Podocarpus-El Condor2007
Macizo del Cajas2013
Bosque Seco2014

Paraguay

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Bosque Mbaracayú20002013
El Chaco2005

Peru

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Huascarán19771999, 2005
Manu19771999
Noroeste19771999
Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha2010

Uruguay

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Bañados del Este19762005
Bioma Pampa-Quebradas del Norte2014

Venezuela

Official nameLocationYear of designationPeriodic reviewNotes
Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare1993
Delta del Orinoco2009
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