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This is the complete list of Biosphere Reserves
531 biosphere reserves in 105 countries

(Last updated:03 March 2008)

Countries	Date of approval	Extension
ALGERIA
Tassili N'Ajjer	1986
El Kala	1990
Djurdjura	1997
Chrea	2002
Taza	2004
Gouraya	2004

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
Pereyra Iraola	2007

AUSTRALIA
Croajingolong	1977
Kosciuszko	1977
Macquarie Island	1977
Prince Regent River	1977
Unnamed	1977
Uluru (Ayers Rock-Mount Olga)	1977
Yathong	1977
Fitzgerald River	1978
Hattah-Kulkyne & Murray-Kulkyne	1981
Wilson's Promontory	1981
Riverland	1977	Originally Danggali Conservation Park, extended and renamed Bookmark in 1995. Renamed as Riverland in 2004.
Mornington Peninsula and Western Port	2002
Barkindji	2005
Noosa	2007

AUSTRIA
Gossenköllesee	1977
Gurgler Kamm	1977
Lobau	1977
Neusiedler See	1977
Grosses Walsertal	2000
Wienerwald	2005

BELARUS
Berezinskiy	1978
Belovezhskaya Pushcha	1993
Pribuzhskoye Polesie	2004

BENIN
Pendjari	1986
'W' Region (see BEN/BFA/NER)

BENIN/BURKINA FASO/NIGER
'W' Region	2002	Région "W" du Niger established 1996, extensions in Benin and Burkina Faso as a TBR in 2002

BOLIVIA
Pilón-Lajas	1977
Ulla Ulla	1977
Beni	1986

BRAZIL
Mata Atlântica (including Sao Paulo Green Belt)	1993	Extension 2002
Cerrado	1993	Extension 2000 / 2001
Pantanal	2000
Caatinga	2001
Central Amazon	2001
Espinhaço Range	2005

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

BURKINA FASO
Mare aux hippopotames	1986
'W' Region (see BEN/BFA/NER)

CAMBODIA
Tonle Sap	1997

CAMEROON
Waza	1979
Benoué	1981
Dja	1981

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
South West Nova	2001
Thousand Islands - Frontenac Arch	2002
Georgian Bay Littoral	2004
Manicouagan Uapishka	2007
Fundy	2007

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Basse-Lobaye	1977
Bamingui-Bangoran	1979

CHILE
Fray Jorge	1977
Juan Fernández	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

CHINA
Changbaishan	1979
Dinghushan	1979
Wolong	1979
Fanjingshan	1986
Xilin Gol	1987
Wuyishan	1987
Bogeda	1990
Shennongjia	1990
Yancheng	1992
Xishuangbanna	1993
Maolan	1996
Tianmushan	1996
Fenglin	1997
Jiuzhaigou Valley	1997
Nanji Islands	1998
Shankou Mangrove	2000
Baishuijiang	2000
Gaoligong Mountain	2000
Huanglong	2000
Baotianman	2001
Saihan Wula	2001
Dalai Lake	2002
Wudalianchi	2003
Yading	2003
Foping	2004
Qomolangma	2004
Chebaling	2007
Xingkai Lake	2007

COLOMBIA
Cinturón Andino	1979
El Tuparro	1979
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	1979
Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta	2000
Seaflower	2000

CONGO
Odzala	1977
Dimonika	1988

DEMOCRATIC REP.OF CONGO
Yangambi	1976
Luki	1976
Lufira	1982

COSTA RICA
La Amistad	1982
Cordillera Volcánica Central	1988
Aqua y Paz	2007

CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Taï	1977
Comoé	1983

CROATIA
Velebit Mountain	1977

CUBA
Sierra del Rosario	1984
Cuchillas del Toa	1987
Península de Guanahacabibes	1987
Baconao	1987
Ciénaga de Zapata	2000
Buenavista	2000

CZECH REPUBLIC
Krivoklátsko	1977
Trebon Basin	1977
Lower Morava	2003	Palava 1986 extended and renamed in 2003
Sumava	1990
Bílé Karpathy	1996
Krkokonose (see C/P 1: Czech Republic-Poland)

CZECH REP/POLAND
Krkokonose/Karkonosze	1992

DENMARK
North-East Greenland	1977

DOMINICAN REP.
Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo	2002

ECUADOR
Archipiélago de Colón (Galápagos)	1984
Yasuni	1989
Sumaco	2000	Extension 2002
Podocarpus-El Condor	2007

EGYPT
Omayed	1981	Extension 1998
Wadi Allaqi	1993

EL SALVADOR
Apaneca-Llamatepec	2007
Xiriualtique Jiquitizco	2007

ESTONIA
West Estonian Archipelago	1990

FINLAND
North Karelian	1992
Archipelago Sea Area	1994

FRANCE
Commune de Fakarava	1977	Atoll de Taiaro, extended and renamed in 2006
Vallée du Fango	1977	Extension 1990
Camargue (delta du Rhône)	1977	Camargue, extended and renamed in 2006
Cévennes	1984
Iroise	1988
Mont Ventoux	1990
Archipel de la Guadeloupe	1992
Luberon	1997
Pays de Fontainebleau	1998
Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald (see F/G 1: France-Germany)

FRANCE/GERMANY
Vosges du Nord / Pfälzerwald	1998	Voges du Nord established in 1988 and Pfälzerwald in 1992

GABON
Ipassa-Makokou	1983

GERMANY
Flusslandschaft Elbe	1979	Extension 1997
Vessertal-Thüringen Forest	1979	Extension 1987 / 1990
Berchtesgaden Alps	1990
Wadden Sea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein	1990	Waddensea of Schleswig-Holstein extended and renamed in 2004
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
Pfälzerwald (see F/G 1: France - Germany)

GHANA
Bia	1983

GREECE
Gorge of Samaria	1981
Mount Olympus	1981

GUATEMALA
Maya	1990
Sierra de las Minas	1992

GUINEA
Mont Nimba	1980
Massif du Ziama	1980
Badiar	2002
Haut Niger	2002

GUINEA-BISSAU
Boloma Bijagós	1996

HONDURAS
Río Plátano	1980

HUNGARY
Aggtelek	1979
Hortobágy	1979
Kiskunság	1979
Lake Fertö	1979
Pilis	1980

INDIA
Nilgiri	2000
Gulf of Mannar	2001
Sunderban	2001
Nanda Devi	2004

INDONESIA
Cibodas	1977
Komodo	1977
Lore Lindu	1977
Tanjung Puting	1977
Gunung Leuser	1981
Siberut	1981

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Arasbaran	1976
Arjan	1976
Geno	1976
Golestan	1976
Hara	1976
Kavir	1976
Lake Oromeeh	1976
Miankaleh	1976
Touran	1976

IRELAND
North Bull Island	1981
Killarney	1982

ISRAEL
Mount Carmel	1996

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

JAPAN
Mount Hakusan	1980
Mount Odaigahara & Mount Omine	1980
Shiga Highland	1980
Yakushima Island	1980

JORDAN
Dana	1998

KENYA
Mount Kenya	1978
Mount Kulal	1978
Malindi-Watamu	1979
Kiunga	1980
Amboseli	1991
Mount Elgon	2003

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Mount Paekdu	1989
Mt. Kuwol	2004

REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Mount Sorak	1982
Jeju Island	2002

KYRGYZSTAN
Sary-Chelek	1978
Issyk Kul	2001

LATVIA
North Vidzeme	1997

LEBANON
Shouf	2005
Jabal Al Rihane	2007

MADAGASCAR
Mananara Nord	1990
Sahamalaza-Iles Radama	2001
Littoral de Toliara	2003

MALAWI
Mount Mulanje	2000
Lake Chilwa Wetland	2006

MALI
Boucle du Baoulé	1982

MAURITANIA
Delta du Fleuve Sénégal (see MRT/SEN)

MAURITANIA/SENEGAL
Delta du Fleuve Sénégal	2005

MAURITIUS
Macchabee/Bel Ombre	1977

MEXICO
Mapimí	1977
La Michilía	1977
Montes Azules	1979
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