List of biosphere reserves in Africa

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On this page, sorted by country, the sites in the continent of Africa are listed that have been recognized by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve up to and including 2017 as part of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program .

The number at the beginning of each line indicates the year the site was recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Egypt

1981 - Omayed (expanded 1998)
1993 - Wadi Allaqi

Algeria

1986 - Tassili n'Ajjer
1990 - El Kala
1997 - Djurdjura
2002 - Chréa
2004 - Taza
2004 - Gouraya
2015 - Belezma
2016 - Tlemcen Mountains

Ethiopia

2010 - Kafa
2010 - Yayu
2012 - Sheka
2015 - Lake Tana
2017 - Majang Forest

Benin

1986 - Pendjari
2002 - W region (together with Burkina Faso and Niger)
2017 - Mono-Delta (together with Togo)

Burkina Faso

1986 - Mare aux Hippopotames
2002 - W region (together with Benin and Niger)
2018 - Arly

Ivory Coast

1977 - Taï
1983 - Comoé

Gabon

1983 - Ipassa-Makokou

Ghana

1983 - Bia
2011 - Songor
2016 - Lake Bosomtwe

Guinea

1980 - Mont Niger
1980 - Massif du Ziama
2002 - Badiar
2002 - Skin Niger

Guinea-Bissau

1996 - Boloma Bijagós

Yemen

2003 - Socotra

Cameroon

1979 - Waza
1981 - Benoué
1981 - Dja

Kenya

1978 - Mount Kenya
1978 - Mount Kulal
1979 - Malindi-Watamu-Arabuko-Sokoke (extended in 2019)
1980 - Kiunga
1991 - Amboseli
2003 - Mount Elgon

Democratic Republic of Congo

1976 - Yangabi
1976 - Luki
1982 - Lufira

Republic of the Congo

1977 - Odzala
1988 - Dimonika

Madagascar

1990 - Mananara North
2001 - Sahamalaza-Iles Radama
2003 - Littoral de Toliara
2016 - Kirindy-Mitea National Park
2018 - Tsimanampesotse - Nosy Ve Androka ⋅

Malawi

2000 - Mount Mulanje
2006 - Lake Chilwa Wetland

Mali

1982 - Boucle du Baoulé

Morocco

1998 - Arganeraie
2000 - Oasis du sud marocain
2006 - Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve on the Mediterranean Sea (together with Spain)
2016 - Atlas Cedar Biosphere Reserve

Mauritania

2005 - Delta of Senegal (together with Senegal)

Mauritius

1977 - Macchabee / Bel Ombre

Mozambique

2018 - Quirimbas

Niger

1996 - W region (since 2002 together with Benin and Burkina Faso)
1997 - Aïr and Ténéré
2017 - Gadabedji

Nigeria

1977 - Omo

Rwanda

1983 - Volcano National Park

Senegal

1979 - Samba slide
1980 - Delta des Saloum
1981 - Niokolo-Koba
2005 - Senegal Delta (together with Mauritania)
2012 - Ferlo

Sao Tome and Principe

2012 - Principe

Zimbabwe

2010 - Middle Zambezi

South Africa

1998 - Kogelberg
2000 - Cape West Coast (expanded 2003)
2001 - Waterberg
2001 - Kruger to Canyons
2007 - Cape Winelands
2009 - Vhembe
2015 - Gouritz Cluster
2015 - Magaliesberg
2017 - Garden Route
2018 - Marico

Spain

1983 - La Palma (expanded and renamed 1997 and 2002)
1993 - Lanzarote
2000 - El Hierro Island
2005 - Gran Canaria
2009 - Fuerteventura
2012 - La Gomera

Sudan

1979 - Dinder
1979 - Radome
2017 - Jebel Al Dair

Swaziland

2019 - Lubombo

Togo

2011 - Oti-Keran / Oti-Mandouri
2017 - Mono Delta (together with Benin)

Tanzania

1981 - Lake Manyara (expanded in 2017)
1981 - Serengeti - Ngorongoro (extended 2017)
2000 - East Usambara (expanded 2017)
2016 - Jozani-Chwaka Bay
2018 - Gombe Masito Ugalla

Tunisia

Uganda

1979 - Queen Elizabeth
2005 - Mount Elgon

Central African Republic

1977 - Basse-Lobaye
1979 - Bamingui-Bangoran

Web links

Directory of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) on the UNESCO website
The list of UNESCO biosphere reserves on the website of the German UNESCO Commission