World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean

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.^[1]

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)
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

Costa Rica

La Amistad International Park (1982)
Cordillera Volcánica Central (1988)
Aqua y Paz (2007)
Savegre Reserve (2017)^[2]

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo (2002) (merged with adjacent Haiti's La Selle in 2017^[2])

Ecuador

Archipiélago de Colón (Galápagos) (1984)
Yasuni (1989)
Sumaco (2000)
Podocarpus-El Condor (2007)
Macizo del Cajas (2013)
Bosque Seco (2014)
Bosques de Paz (2017, shared with Peru)^[2]

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) (merged with adjacent Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, in 2017.^[2])
La Hotte (2016)

Honduras

Río Plátano (1980)
Cacique Lempira, Señor de las Montañas (2015)
San Marcos de Colón (2017)^[2]

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)

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

↑ "Latin America and the Caribbean". Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. UNESCO. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "23 new sites added to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves". UNESCO. 14 June 2017.

External links

List of UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves of Latin America and the Caribbean

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