World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America

Under UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme, there are 302 biosphere reserves recognized as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America (as of April 2016). These are distributed across 36 countries in the region.[1][2]

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.

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Bulgaria

Canada

Croatia

Czech Republic

Czech Republic & Poland

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

France & Germany

France & Italy

Germany

See also: Media related to Biosphere reserves in Germany at Wikimedia Commons

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Macedonia

Montenegro

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Portugal & Spain

Romania

Romania & Ukraine

Russian Federation

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

See also Portugal & Spain.

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

See also Romania & Ukraine.

United Kingdom

United States of America

Sites withdrawn in 2017[3]

References

  1. "Europe & North America". Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. UNESCO.
  2. "Biosphere reserves withdrawn from the World Network of Biosphere reserves". Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. UNESCO. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "23 new sites added to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves". UNESCO. 14 June 2017.
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