World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America
Under UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme, there are currently 258 biosphere reserves recognized as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America. These are distributed across 31 countries in the region.
[edit] The list
Below is the list of biosphere reserves in Europe and North America, organized by country/territory, along with the year these were designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
The list does not include the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean, a biosphere reserve shared between Morocco and Spain, which has been classified as part of the Arab States region.
[edit] Austria
- Gossenköllesee (1977)
- Gurgler Kamm (1977)
- Lobau (1977)
- Neusiedler See (1977)
- Grosses Walsertal (2000)
- Wienerwald (2005)
[edit] Belarus
- Berezinskiy (1978)
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha (1993)
- Pribuzhskoye-Polesie (2004)
[edit] Bulgaria
- 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)
[edit] Canada
- Mont Saint Hilaire (1978)
- Waterton (1979)
- Long Point (1986)
- Riding Mountain (1986)
- Charlevoix (1988)
- Niagara Escarpment (1990)
- Clayoquot Sound (2000)
- Redberry Lake (2000)
- Lac Saint-Pierre (2000)
- Mount Arrowsmith (2000)
- Southwest Nova (2001)
- Frontenac Arch (2002)
- Georgian Bay Littoral (2004)
- Manicouagan Uapishka (2007)
- Fundy (2007)
[edit] Croatia
- Velebit Mountain (1977)
[edit] Czech Republic
- Krivoklátsko (1977)
- Trebon Basin (1977)
- Sumava (1990)
- Bílé Karpaty (1996)
- Lower Morava (2003)
[edit] Czech Republic & Poland
- Krkonose/Karkonosze (1992)
[edit] Denmark
- North-East Greenland (1977)
[edit] Estonia
- West Estonian archipelago (1990)
[edit] Finland
- North Karelian (1992)
- Archipelago Sea Area (1994)
[edit] France
- Commune de Fakarava (1977)
- Vallée du Fango (1977)
- Camargue (Rhône River Delta) (1977)
- Cévennes (1984)
- Iroise (1988)
- Mont Ventoux (1990)
- Archipel de la Guadeloupe (1992)
- Luberon (1997)
- Pays de Fontainebleau (1998)
[edit] France & Germany
- Vosges du Nord / Pfälzerwald (1998)
[edit] Germany
- Flusslandschaft Elbe (1979)
- Vessertal-Thüringen Forest (1979)
- Bayerischer Wald (1981)
- Berchtesgaden Alps (1990)
- Wadden Sea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein (1990)
- Schorfheide-Chorin (1990)
- Spreewald (1991)
- Rügen (1991)
- Rhön (1991)
- Waddensea of Lower Saxony (1992)
- Waddensea of Hamburg (1992)
- Oberlausitzer Heide-und Teichlandschaft (1996)
- Schaalsee (2000)
- Biosphäre Bliesgau (2009)
- Swabian Alb (2009)
[edit] Greece
- Gorge of Samaria (1981)
- Mount Olympus (1981)
[edit] Hungary
- Aggtelek (1979)
- Hortobágy (1979)
- Kiskunság (1979)
- Lake Fertö (1979)
- Pilis (1980)
[edit] Ireland
- North Bull Island (1981)
- Killarney (1982)
[edit] Israel
- Mount Carmel (1996)
[edit] Italy
- Collemeluccio-Montedimezzo (1977)
- Circeo (1977)
- Miramare (1979)
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano (1997)
- Somma-Vesuvio and Miglio d'Oro (1997)
- Valle del Ticino (2002)
- Tuscan Islands (2003)
- Selva Pisana (2004)
[edit] Latvia
- North Vidzeme (1997)
[edit] Lithuania
- Žuvintas (2002)
[edit] Montenegro
- Tara River Basin (1976)
[edit] Netherlands
- Waddensea Area (1986)
[edit] Poland
- Babia Góra (1976)
- Białowieża (1976)
- Łuknajno Lake (1976)
- Słowiński (1976)
- Puszcza Kampinoska (2000)
- West Polesie (2002)
- Tuchola Forest (2010)
See also Czech Republic & Poland, Poland & Slovakia, and Poland, Slovakia & Ukraine.
[edit] Poland & Slovakia
- Tatra (1992)
[edit] Poland, Slovakia & Ukraine
- East Carpathians (1998)
[edit] Portugal
- Paúl do Boquilobo (1981)
- Corvo Island (2007)
- Graciosa Island (2007)
- Flores Island (2009)
[edit] Portugal & Spain
- Geres/Xures (2009)
[edit] Romania
- Pietrosul Mare (1979)
- Retezat (1979)
[edit] Romania & Ukraine
- Danube Delta (1998)
[edit] Russian Federation
- Kavkazskiy (1978)
- Okskiy (1978)
- Prioksko-Terrasnyi (1978)
- Sikhote-Alin (1978)
- Tsentral'no-Chernozemny (1978)
- Astrakhanskiy (1984)
- Kronotskiy (1984)
- Laplandskiy (1984)
- Pechoro-Ilychskiy (1984)
- Sayano-Shushenskiy (1984)
- Sokhondinskiy (1984)
- Voronezhskiy (1984)
- Tsentral'nolesnoy (1985)
- Barguzinskyi (1986)
- Baikalskyi (1986)
- Tzentralnosibirskii (1986)
- Chernyje Zemli (1993)
- Taimyrsky (1995)
- Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina (1997)
- Daursky (1997)
- Teberda (1997)
- Katunsky (2000)
- Nerusso-Desnianskoe-Polesie (2001)
- Visimskiy (2001)
- Vodolozerskiy (2001)
- Commander Islands (2002)
- Darvinskiy (2002)
- Nijegorodskoe Zavolje (2002)
- Smolensk Lakeland (2002)
- Ugra (2002)
- Far East Marine (2003)
- Kedrovaya Pad (2004)
- Kenozerskiy (2004)
- Valdaisky (2004)
- Khankaiskiy (2005)
- Middle Volga Integrated Biosphere Reserve (2006)
- Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (2007)
- Rostovsky (2008)
- Altaisky (2009)
[edit] Serbia
- Golija-Studenica (2001)
[edit] Slovakia
- Slovenský Kras (1977)
- Polana (1990)
[edit] Slovenia
- Julian Alps (2003)
- The Karst (2004)
[edit] Spain
- Grazalema (1977)
- Ordesa-Viñamala (1977)
- Montseny (1978)
- Doñana (1980)
- Mancha Húmeda (1980)
- Las Sierras de Cazorla y Segura (1983)
- Marismas del Odiel (1983)
- La Palma (1983)
- Urdaibai (1984)
- Sierra Nevada (1986)
- Cuenca Alta del Río Manzanares (1992)
- Lanzarote (1993)
- Menorca (1993)
- Sierra de las Nieves y su Entomo (1995)
- Cabo de Gata-Nijar (1997)
- Isla de El Hierro (2000)
- Bardenas Reales (2000)
- Muniellos, Gran Cantábrica (2000)
- Somiedo (2000)
- Redes (2001)
- Las Dehesas de Sierra Moreno (2002)
- Terras do Miño (2002)
- Valle de Laciana (2003)
- Picos de Europa (2003)
- Monfragüe (2003)
- Valles del Jubera, Leza, Cidacos y Alhama (2003)
- Babia (2004)
- Alto de Bernesga (2005)
- Los Valles de Omaňa y Luna (2005)
- Los Argüellos (2005)
- Área de Allariz (2005)
- Gran Canaria (2005)
- Sierra del Rincón (2005)
- Os Ancares Lucenses e Montes de Cervantes (2006)
- Los Ancares Leoneses (2006)
- Las Sierras de Béjar y Francia (2006)
- Río Eo, Oscos e Terras de Buron (2007)
- Fuerteventura (2009)
See also Portugal & Spain.
[edit] Sweden
- Lake Torne Area (1986)
- Kristianstad Vattenrike (2005)
[edit] Switzerland
- Swiss National Park (1979)
- Entlebuch Biosphere (2001)
- Biosfera Val Müstair (2010)
[edit] Turkey
- Camili (2005)
[edit] Ukraine
- Chernomorskiy (1984)
- Askaniya-Nova (1985)
- Carpathian (1992)
- Shatskiy (2002)
- Desnianskyi (2009)
See also Poland, Slovakia & Ukraine and Romania & Ukraine.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Beinn Eighe (1976)
- Braunton Burrows (1976)
- Cairnsmore of Fleet (1976)
- Biosffer Dyfi (1976)
- Loch Druidibeg (1976)
- Moor House-Upper Teesdale (1976)
- North Norfolk Coast (1976)
- Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells (1976)
- Taynish (1977)
[edit] United States of America
- Aleutian Islands (1976)
- Big Bend (1976)
- Cascade Head (1976)
- Central Plains (1976)
- Channel Islands (1976)
- Coram (1976)
- Denali (1976)
- Desert (1976)
- Everglades & Dry Tortugas (1976)
- Fraser (1976)
- Glacier (1976)
- H.J. Andrews (1976)
- Hubbard Brook (1976)
- Jornada (1976)
- Luquillo (1976)
- Noatak (1976)
- Olympic (1976)
- Organ Pipe Cactus (1976)
- Rocky Mountain (1976)
- San Dimas (1976)
- San Joaquin (1976)
- Sequoia-Kings Canyon (1976)
- Stanislaus-Tuolumne (1976)
- Three Sisters (1976)
- Virgin Islands (1976)
- Yellowstone (1976)
- Beaver Creek (1976)
- Konza Prairie (1978)
- Niwot Ridge (1979)
- University of Michigan Biological Station (1979)
- Virginia Coast (1979)
- Hawaiian Islands (1980)
- Isle Royale (1980)
- Big Thicket (1981)
- Guanica (1981)
- California Coast Ranges (1983)
- Central Gulf Coast Plain (1983)
- South Atlantic Coastal Plain (1983)
- Mojave and Colorado Deserts (1984)
- Carolinian-South Atlantic (1986)
- Yawkey Wildlife Center
- Santee Coastal Reserve
- Washoo Reserve
- Capers island and Hobcaw Barony
- Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
- Glacier Bay-Admiralty Island (1986)
- Golden Gate (1988)
- New Jersey Pinelands (1988)
- Southern Appalachian (1988)
- Champlain-Adirondak (1989)
- Mammoth Cave Area (1990)
- Land Between the Lakes (1991)
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