Biosphere Reserves.svg|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 631 reserves in 119 countries of which 14 are transboundary.
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
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Tassili N’Ajjer |
|
1986 |
|
|
El Kala |
|
1990 |
2002 |
|
Djurdjura |
|
1997 |
2011 |
|
Chrea |
|
2002 |
|
|
Taza |
|
2004 |
|
|
Gouraya |
|
2004 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Pendjari |
|
1986 |
1999 |
|
West region |
|
2002 |
|
Shared with Burkina Faso and Niger
Burkina Faso
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mare aux hippopotames |
|
1986 |
1998 |
|
West region |
|
2002 |
|
Shared with Benin and Niger
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Waza |
|
1979 |
2006 |
|
Benoué |
|
1981 |
2006 |
|
Dja |
|
1981 |
2006 |
Central African Republic
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Basse-Lobaye |
|
1977 |
|
|
Bamingui-Bangoran |
|
1979 |
|
Republic of the Congo
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Odzala |
|
1977 |
|
|
Dimonika |
|
1988 |
|
Democratic Republic of Congo
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Yangambi |
|
1976 |
1998 |
|
Luki |
|
1976 |
1998 |
|
Lufira |
|
1982 |
1998 |
Côte d'Ivoire
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Taï |
|
1977 |
1999 |
|
Comoé |
|
1983 |
1999 |
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Omayed |
|
1981 |
2001 |
Extended in 1998
|
Wadi Allaqi |
|
1993 |
2004, 2012 |
Ethiopia
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Kafa |
|
2010 |
|
|
Yayu |
|
2010 |
|
|
Sheka |
|
2012 |
|
Gabon
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Ipassa-Makokou |
|
1983 |
1998 |
Ghana
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Bia |
|
1983 |
1998 |
|
Songor |
|
2011 |
|
Guinea
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mont Nimba |
|
1980 |
2004 |
|
Massif du Ziama |
|
1980 |
2004 |
|
Badiar |
|
2002 |
|
|
Haut Niger |
|
2002 |
|
Guinea-Bissau
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Boloma Bijagós |
|
1996 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mount Kenya |
|
1978 |
|
|
Mount Kulai |
|
1978 |
2011 |
|
Malindi-Watamu |
|
1979 |
|
|
Kiunga |
|
1980 |
|
|
Amboseli |
|
1991 |
2003 |
|
Mount Elgon |
|
2003 |
|
Madagascar
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mananara North |
|
1990 |
2012 |
|
Sahamalaza-Iles Radma |
|
2001 |
2012 |
|
Littoral de Toliara |
|
2003 |
|
Malawi
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mount Mulanje |
|
2000 |
|
|
Lake Chilwa Wetland |
|
2006 |
|
Mali
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Bouclé du Baoule |
|
1982 |
1998 |
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Delta du Fleuve Sénégal |
|
2005 |
|
Shared with Senegal
Mauritius
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Macchabee/Bel Ombre |
|
1977 |
1998 |
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Arganeraie |
|
1998 |
2010 |
|
Oasis du sud marocain |
|
2000 |
|
|
Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean |
|
2006 |
|
Shared with Spain
Niger
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Aïr et Ténéré |
|
1997 |
2009 |
|
West region |
|
2002 |
2013 |
Shared with Benin and Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Omo |
|
1977 |
1998 |
Rwanda
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Volcans |
|
1983 |
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
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 |
|
1979 |
1999 |
|
Delta du Saloum |
|
1980 |
1999 |
|
Niokolo-Koba |
|
1981 |
1999 |
|
Delta du Fleuve Sénégal |
|
2005 |
|
Shared with Mauritania
|
Ferlo |
|
2012 |
|
South Africa
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Kogelberg |
|
1998 |
2010 |
|
Cape West Coast |
|
2000 |
|
Extended in 2003
|
Waterberg |
|
2001 |
2013 |
|
Kruger to Canyons |
|
2001 |
2013 |
|
Cape Winelands |
|
2007 |
|
|
Vhembe |
|
2009 |
|
Sudan
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Dinder |
|
1979 |
2001, 2012 |
|
Radom |
|
1979 |
2001 |
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Lake Manyara |
|
1981 |
|
|
Serengeti-Ngorongoro |
|
1981 |
|
|
East Usambara |
|
2000 |
|
Togo
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Oti-Kéran/Oti-Mandouri |
|
2011 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Djebel Bou-Hedma |
|
1977 |
1999 |
|
Djebel Chambi |
|
1977 |
1999 |
|
Ichkeul |
|
1977 |
1999 |
|
Iles Zembra et Zembretta |
|
1977 |
1999 |
Uganda
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Queen Elizabeth |
|
1979 |
1998 |
|
Mount Egon |
|
2005 |
|
Zimbabwe
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Middle Zambezi |
|
2010 |
|
Asia
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Tonle Sap |
|
1997 |
2012 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Cibodas |
|
1977 |
2011 |
|
Komodo |
|
1977 |
1999,2013 |
|
Lore Lindu |
|
1977 |
1999,2013 |
|
Tanjung Puting |
|
1977 |
1998, 2013 |
|
Gunung Leuser |
|
1981 |
1999, 2013 |
|
Siberut |
|
1981 |
1999, 2013 |
|
Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu |
|
2009 |
|
|
Wakatobi |
|
2012 |
|
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 |
|
Palestine
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mount Carmel |
|
1996 |
2007 |
|
Ramat Menashe |
|
2011 |
|
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 |
|
Jordan
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-Kara |
|
2014 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Sary-Chelek |
|
1978 |
2013 |
|
Issyk Kul |
|
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 |
|
Mongolia
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 |
|
North Korea
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mount Paekdu |
|
1989 |
2002 |
|
Mount Kuwol |
|
2004 |
|
|
Mount Myohyang |
|
2009 |
|
|
Mount Chilbo |
|
2014 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Lal Suhanra |
|
1977 |
1998 |
|
Ziarat Juniper Forest |
|
2013 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Puerto Galera |
|
1977 |
|
|
Palawan |
|
1990 |
2012 |
Qatar
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Al Reem |
|
2007 |
|
South Korea
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Mount Sorak |
|
1982 |
1998, 2013 |
|
Jeju Island |
|
2002 |
2013 |
|
Shinhan Dadohae |
|
2009 |
|
|
Gwangneung Forest |
|
2010 |
|
|
Gochang |
|
2013 |
|
Sri Lanka
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Hurulu |
|
1977 |
1998 |
|
Sinharaja |
|
1978 |
1998, 2004 |
|
Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadenya |
|
2004 |
|
|
Bundala |
|
2005 |
|
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Lajat |
|
2009 |
|
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 |
=== Vietnam ===
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 |
|
Yemen
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Socotra Archipelago |
|
2003 |
|
|
Bura’a |
|
2011 |
|
Europe
Albania
Official name |
Location |
Year of designation |
Periodic review |
Notes
|
Ohrid-Prespa |
|
2014 |
|
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