Europe & North America (284 biosphere reserves in 34 countries)

Last update: December 2012

Countries
Biosphere Reserve
Year of designation
Periodic Review
Second Periodic Review
AUSTRIA
7 biosphere reservesGossenköllesee1977  
 Gurgler Kamm1977  
 Lobau19771998 
 Neusiedler See19771998 
 Grosses Walsertal20002011 
 Wienerwald2005  
 Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge2012  
BELARUS
3 biosphere reservesBerezinskiy197819982011
 Belovezhskaya Pushcha199320052011
 West Polesie Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Belarus/Poland/Ukraine)former Pribuzhskoye Polesie, 2003 - extended and renamed in 2012  
BULGARIA
16 biosphere reserves Steneto   
  Alibotouch1977  
  Bistrichko Branichté1977  
  Boitine1977  
  Djendema1977  
  Doupkata1977  
  Doupki-Djindjiritza1977  
  Kamtchia1977  
  Koupena1977  
  Mantaritza1977  
 Maritchini Ezera1977. Withdrawn in 2002 
  Ouzounboudjak1977  
  Parangalitza1977  
  Srébarna1977  
  Tchervenata sténa1977  
  Tchoupréné1977  
  Tsaritchina1977  
CANADA
16 biosphere reservesMont Saint Hilaire197819982009
 Waterton197919982009
 Long Point198620012012
 Riding Mountain19862001 
 Charlevoix19882003 
 Niagara Escarpment19902002 
 Clayoquot Sound20002011 
 Redberry Lake20002012 
 Lac Saint-Pierre20002012 
 Mount Arrowsmith20002011 
 South West Nova20012012 
 Thousand Islands - Frontenac Arch2002  
 Georgian Bay Littoral2004  
 Manicouagan Uapishka2007  
 Fundy 2007  
 Bras d'Or Lake2011  
CROATIA
2 biosphere reservesVelebit Mountain197719982003
 Mura Drava Danube2012. Transboundary BR (Croatia/Hungary)  
CZECH REPUBLIC
6 biosphere reservesKrivoklátsko19771998 
 Trebon Basin19771998 
 Lower Morava2003 (former Palava, 1986 - extended and renamed in 2003  
 Sumava1990  
 Bílé Karpathy19962012 
 Krkokonose/Karkonosze1992. Transboundary BR (Czech Rep/Poland)  
DENMARK
1 biosphere reserveNorth-East Greenland1977  
ESTONIA
1 biosphere reserveWest Estonian Archipelago19902005 
FINLAND
2 biosphere reservesNorth Karelian1992  
 Archipelago Sea Area19942006 
FRANCE
11 biosphere reservesCommune de Fakarava1977 (Atoll de Taiaro, extended and renamed in 2006)  
 Vallée du Fango1977 (Extension 1990)1998 
 Camargue (delta du Rhône)1977 (Camargue, extended and renamed in 2006)2000 
 Cévennes19841998 
 Iles et Mer d'Iroise1988 (former Iroise, extended and renamed in 2012)2001 
 Mont Ventoux19902007 
 Archipel de la Guadeloupe1992  
 Luberon-Lure1997 (former Luberon, extended and renamed in 2010)2010 
 Fontainebleau et du Gâtinais1998 (former Pays de Fontainebleau, extended and renamed in 2010)2010 
 Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald1998 Transboundary BR (France/Germany)20002011
 Bassin de la Dordogne2012  
GERMANY
15 biosphere reservesFlusslandschaft Elbe197920022009
 Vessertal-Thüringen Forest1979 (Extension 1987 / 1990)2002 
 Bayerischer Wald1981. Withdrawn in 20072002 
 Berchtesgadener Land1990 (former Berchtesgaden Alps, extended and renamed in) 2003 
 Wadden Sea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein1990 (Waddensea of Schleswig-Holstein extended and renamed in 2004)2006 
 Schorfheide-Chorin19902003 
 Spreewald19912003 
 South-east Rügen19912004 
 Rhön19912004 
 Waddensea of Lower Saxony19922006 
 Waddensea of Hamburg19922006 
 Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft19962007 
 Schaalsee20002012 
 Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald1998. Transboundary BR (France/Germany)20042011
 Bliesgau2009  
 Schwäbische Alb2009  
GREECE
2 biosphere reservesGorge of Samaria19811999 
 Mount Olympus19811999 
HUNGARY
6 biosphere reservesAggtelek19792007 
 Hortobágy19792007 
 Kiskunság19792007 
 Lake Fertö19792007 
 Pilis19802007 
 Mura Drava Danube2012. Transboundary BR (Croatia/Hungary)  
IRELAND
2 biosphere reservesNorth Bull Island1981  
 Killarney1982  
ISRAEL
2 biosphere reservesMount Carmel19962007 
 Ramat Menashe2011  
ITALY
8 biosphere reservesCollemeluccio-Montedimezzo19772012 
 Circeo19772012 
 Miramare197919992011
 Cilento and Vallo di Diano1997  
 Somma-Vesuvio and Miglio d'Oro1997  
 Valle del Ticino2002  
 Tuscan Islands2003  
 Selva Pisana2004  
LATVIA
1 biosphere reserveNorth Vidzeme1997  
LITHUANIA
1 biosphere reserveZuvintas2011  
MONTENEGRO
1 biosphere reserveTara River Basin1976  
NETHERLANDS
1 biosphere reserveWaddensea Area19862012 
POLAND
10 biosphere reservesBabia Gora1976 (Extension 1997/2001)2000 
 Bialowieza1976 (Extension 2005)1998 
 Lukajno Lake1976  
 Slowinski19761998 
 Krkokonose/Karkonosze1992. Transboundary BR (Czech Rep/Poland)  
 Tatra1992. Transboundary BR (Poland/Slovakia)  
 East Carpathians1998. Transboundary BR (Poland/Slovakia/Ukraine)  
 Puszcza Kampinoska2000  
 Tuchola Forest2010  
 West Polesie Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Belarus/Poland/Ukraine)2012 (West Polesie, 2002 extended and renamed in 2012)  
PORTUGAL
7 biosphere reservesPaúl do Boquilobo1981  
 Corvo Island2007  
 Graciosa Island2007  
 Flores Island2009  
 Geres - Xures2009. Transboundary BR (Portugal/Spain)  
 Berlengas2011  
 Santana Madeira2011  
ROMANIA
3 biosphere reservesPietrosul Mare19791998 
 Retezat19791998 
 Danube Delta1998. Transboundary BR (Romania/Ukraine)2003 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
41 biosphere reservesKavkazskiy19781998 
 Okskiy1978. Part of Oka River Valley until 20001998 
 Sikhote-Alin19781998 
 Tsentral'nochernozem19781999 
 Astrakhanskiy19842005 
 Kronotskiy19842005 
 Laplandskiy19841999 
 Pechoro-llychskiy19841998 
 Sayano-Shushenskiy19841999 
 Sokhondinskiy19841998 
 Voronezhskiy19841998 
 Tsentral'nolesnoy19851999 
 Baikalskyi1986. Part of Lake Baikal until 20002005 
 Tzentralnosibirskii19862005 
 Chernyje Zemli19932009 
 Taimyrsky19952009 
 Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina19972009 
 Daursky19972009 
 Teberda19972009 
 Katunsky2000  
 Prioksko-Terrasnyi1978. Part of Oka River Valley until 20001999 
 Barguzinskyi1986. Part of Lake Baikal until 2000  
 Nerusso-Desnianskoe-Polesie2001  
 Visimskiy2001  
 Vodlozersky20012012 
 Commander Islands2002  
 Darvinskiy2002  
 Nijegorodskoe Zavolje2002  
 Smolensk Lakeland2002  
 Ugra2002  
 Far East Marine2003  
 Kedrovaya Pad2004  
 Kenozersky2004  
 Valdaiskiy2004  
 Khankaiskiy2005  
 Middle-Volga Integrated   
 Great Volzhsko-Kamsky2005. Composed of Raifa, Sarali, Spassky and Sviyazhsky units  
 Rostovsky2008  
 Altaisky2009  
 Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain2001  
 Bashkirskiyi Ural2012  
SERBIA
1 biosphere reserveGolija-Studenica 20012012 
SLOVAKIA
4 biosphere reservesSlovenský Kras19771998 
 Polana19902001 
 Tatra1992. Transboundary BR (Poland/Slovakia)  
 East Carpathians1998. Transboundary BR (Poland/Slovakia/Ukraine)  
SLOVENIA
3 biosphere reservesJulian Alps2003  
 The Karst2004  
 Kozjansko & Obsotelje2010  
SPAIN
42 biosphere reservesGrazalema19772004 
 Ordesa-Viñamala197720002011
 Montseny197820002011
 Doñana19802004 
 Mancha Húmeda19802002 
 Las Sierras de Cazorla y Segura19832004 
 Marismas del Odiel19832004 
 La Palma1983 (Extended and renamed in 1997 and 2002)  
 Urdaibai198420002011
 Sierra Nevada19862000 
 Cuenca Alta del Río Manzanares19922006 
 Lanzarote19932007 
 Menorca1993 (Change in zonation 2004)2006 
 Sierra de las Nieves y su Entorno19952007 
 Cabo de Gata-Nijar19972011 
 Isla de El Hierro2000  
 Bardenas Reales20002011 
 Muniellos2000 (Extension 2003 - Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica)  
 Somiedo20002011 
 Redes2001  
 Las Dehesas de Sierra Morena2002  
 Terras do Miño2002  
 Valle de Laciana2003. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Picos de Europa2003. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Monfragüe2003  
 Valles del Jubera, Leza, Cidacos y Alhama2003  
 Babia2004. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Área de Allariz2005  
 Gran Canaria2005  
 Sierra del Rincón2005  
 Los Valles de Omaña y Luna2005. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Alto de Bernesga2005. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Los Argüellos2005. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Os Ancares Lucenses y Montes de Cervantes, Navia y Becerrea 2006. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Los Ancares Leoneses 2006. Elemento de la RB Gran Cantábrica  
 Las Sierras de Béjar y Francia2006  
 Intercontinental BR of the Mediterranean2006. Transboundary BR (Spain/Morocco)  
 Río Eo, Oscos y Terras de Buron2007  
 Fuerteventura2009  
 Geres - Xures2009. Transboundary BR (Portugal/Spain)  
 La Gomera2012  
 Las Ubiñas-La Mesa2012  
SWEDEN
5 biosphere reservesLake Torne Area1986. Withdrawn in 20101999 
 Kristianstad Vattenrike2005  
 Lake Vänern Archipelago2010  
 Blekinge Archipielago2011  
 Nedre Dalälven River Landscape2011  
 East Vättern Scarp landscape2012  
SWITZERLAND
2 biosphere reservesReservat da Biosfera Val Müstair-Parc Naziunal1979 (former Swiss National Park, extended and renamed in 2010)  
 Entlebuch20012012 
TURKEY
1 biosphere reserveCamili2005  
UKRAINE
8 biosphere reservesChernomorskiy19841998-1999 (progress report)2012
 Askaniya-Nova198519982012
 Carpathian19922003 
 Danube Delta1998. Transboundary BR (Romania/Ukraine) (former Dunaisky)2010 
 East Carpathians1998. Transboundary BR (Poland/Slovakia/Ukraine)  
 Desnianskyi2009  
 West Polesie2012. Transboundary BR (Belarus/Poland/Ukraine) (former Shatskiy, 2002 - extended and renamed in 2012)  
UNITED KINGDOM
6 biosphere reservesBeinn Eighe1976  
 Braunton Burrows-North Devon1976. Extension 2002  
 Cairnsmore of Fleet1976  
 Biosffer Dyfi1977  
 Loch Druidibeg1976  
 Moor House-Upper Teesdale1976. Withdrawn in 2012  
 North Norfolk Coast1976  
 Silver Flowe-Merrick Kells1976  
 Taynish1977. Withdrawn in 2010  
 Galloway and southern Ayrshire2012 (formerly Cairnsmore of Fleet and Silver Flowe Merrick Kells)  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
47 biosphere reservesAleutian Islands1976  
 Big Bend1976  
 Cascade Head1976  
 Central Plains1976  
 Channel Islands1976  
 Coram1976  
 Denali1976  
 Desert1976  
 Everglades & Dry Tortugas1976  
 Fraser1976  
 Glacier1976  
 H.J. Andrews1976  
 Hubbard Brook1976  
 Jornada1976  
 Luquillo1976  
 Noatak1976  
 Olympic1976  
 Organ Pipe Cactus1976  
 Rocky Mountain1976  
 San Dimas1976  
 San Joaquin1976  
 Sequoia-Kings Canyon1976  
 Stanislaus-Tuolumne1976  
 Three Sisters1976  
 Virgin Islands1976  
 Yellowstone1976  
 Beaver Creek1976  
 Konza Prairie1978  
 Niwot Ridge1979  
 University of Michigan Biological Station1979  
 Virginia Coast1979  
 Hawaiian Islands1980  
 Isle Royale1980  
 Big Thicket1981  
 Guanica1981  
 California Coast Ranges1983  
 Central Gulf Coast Plain1983  
 South Atlantic Coastal Plain1983  
 Mojave and Colorado Deserts1984  
 Carolinian-South Atlantic1986  
 Glacier Bay-Admiralty Is1986  
 Golden Gate1988  
 New Jersey Pinelands1988  
 Southern Appalachian1988  
 Champlain-Adirondak1986  
 Mammoth Cave Area1990. Extention 1996  
 Land Between The Lakes Area1991 

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