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World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Under UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme, there are 125 biosphere reserves recognized as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean (as of April, 2016). These are distributed across 21 countries in the region.

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The list

Below is the list of biosphere reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by country/territory, along with the year these were designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Argentina

  • San Guillermo (1980)
  • Laguna Blanca (1982)
  • Costero del Sur (1984)
  • Ñacuñán (1986)
  • Pozuelos (1990)
  • Yabotí (1995)
  • Mar Chiquita (1996)
  • Delta del Paraná (2000)
  • Riacho Teuquito (2000)
  • Laguna Oca del Río Paraguay (2001)
  • Las Yungas (2002)
  • Andino Norpatagonica (2007)
  • Lanín National Park
  • Nahuel Huapi National Park
  • Los Arrayanes National Park
  • Lago Puelo National Park
  • Los Alerces National Park
  • Pereyra Iraola (2007)
  • Valdés (2014)
  • Patagonia Azul (2015)

    • Bolivia

  • Pilon-Lajas (1977)
  • Ulla Ulla (1977)
  • Beni (1986)

    • Brazil

  • Mata Atlântica (including São Paulo Green Belt) (1993)
  • Cerrado (1993)
  • Pantanal (2000)
  • Caatinga (2001)
  • Central Amazon (2001)
  • Espinhaço Range (2005)

    • Chile

  • Fray Jorge (1977)
  • Juan Férnandez (1977)
  • Torres del Paine (1978)
  • Laguna San Rafael (1979)
  • Lauca (1981)
  • Araucarias (1983)
  • La Campana-Peñuelas (1984)
  • Cabo de Hornos (2005)
  • Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes (2007)

    • Colombia

  • Cinturón Andino (1979)
  • Cueva de los Guácharos
  • Puracé
  • Nevado del Huila
  • El Tuparro (1979)
  • Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (1979)
  • Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (2000)
  • Seaflower (2000)

    • Costa Rica

  • La Amistad (1982)
  • Cordillera Volcánica Central (1988)
  • Aqua y Paz (2007)

    • Cuba

  • Sierra del Rosario (1984)
  • Cuchillas del Toa (1987)
  • Península de Guanahacabibes (1987)
  • Baconao (1987)
  • Ciénaga de Zapata (2000)
  • Buenavista (2000)

    • Dominican Republic

  • Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo (2002)

    • Ecuador

  • Archipiélago de Colón (Galápagos) (1984)
  • Yasuni (1989)
  • Sumaco (2000)
  • Podocarpus-El Condor (2007)
  • Macizo del Cajas (2013)
  • Bosque Seco (2014)

    • El Salvador

  • Apaneca-Llamatepec (2007)
  • Coatepeque Caldera
  • Izalco
  • Xiriualtique Jiquilisco (2007)

    • Guadeloupe

  • Guadeloupe National Park

    • Guatemala

  • Maya (1990)
  • Sierra de las Minas (1992)

    • Haiti

  • La Selle (2012)
  • La Hotte (2016)

    • Honduras

  • Río Plátano (1980)
  • Cacique Lempira, Señor de las Montañas (2015)

    • Mexico

  • Mapimí (1977)
  • La Michilía (1977)
  • Montes Azules (1979)
  • El Cielo (1986)
  • Sian Ka'an (1986)
  • Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve (1988)
  • Calakmul (1993)
  • El Triunfo (1993)
  • El Vizcaíno (1993)
  • Alto Golfo de California (1993)
  • Alto Golfo de California (1995)
  • Sierra Gorda (2001)
  • Banco Chinchorro (2003)
  • Sierra La Laguna (2003)
  • Ría Celestún (2004)
  • Ría Lagartos (2004)
  • Cumbres de Monterrey (2006)
  • Huatulco (2006)
  • La Encrucijada (2006)
  • La Primavera (2006)
  • La Sepultura (2006)
  • Laguna Madre and Río Bravo Delta (2006)
  • Los Tuxtlas (2006)
  • Maderas del Carmen (2006)
  • Mariposa Monarca (2006)
  • Pantanos de Centla (2006)
  • Selva El Ocote (2006)
  • Sierra de Huautla (2006)
  • Volcán Tacaná (2006)
  • Arrecife Alacranes (2006)
  • Barranca de Metztilan (2006)
  • Chamela-Cuixmala (2006)
  • Cuatrocienagas (2006)
  • Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (2006)
  • Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui (2007)
  • Islas Marietas (2008)
  • Lagunas de Montebello (2009)
  • Naha-Metzabok (2010)
  • Los Volcanes (2010)
  • Islas Marías (2010)
  • Tehuacán-Cuicatlán (2012)
  • Isla Cozumel (2016)

    • Nicaragua

  • Bosawas (1997)
  • Río San Juan (2003)
  • Ometepe Island (2010)

    • Panama

  • Darién National Park (1983)
  • La Amistad (2000)

    • Paraguay

  • Bosque Mbaracayú (2000)
  • El Chaco (2005)

    • Peru

  • Huascarán (1977)
  • Manu (1977)
  • Noroeste Amotapes–Manglares (1977, expanded and renamed 2016)
  • Cerros de Amotape National Park
  • El Angolo Game Preserve
  • Tumbes Reserved Zone
  • Tumbes Mangals National Sanctuary
  • Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha (2010)
  • Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park
  • San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest
  • Yanesha Communal Reservation
  • El Sira Communal Reserve
  • Gran Pajatén (2016)
  • Rio Abiseo National Park

    • Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • St Mary's (2011)

    • Uruguay

  • Bañados del Este (1976)
  • Bioma Pampa-Quebradas del Norte (2014)

    • Venezuela

  • Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare (1993)
  • Delta del Orinoco (2009)

    • References

    World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean Wikipedia
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