List of Biosphere Reserves in America

On this page, sorted by country, the sites on the double continent of America are listed that have been recognized by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve as part of the Man and the Biosphere program (MAB) .

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

Argentina

1980 - San Guillermo
1982 - Laguna Blanca
1984 - Costero del Sur
1986 - Ñacuñán
1990 - Pozuelos
1995 - Yabotí
1996 - Mar Chiquita
2000 - Paraná Delta
2000 - Riacho Teuquito
2001 - Laguna Oca del Río Paraguay (enlarged in 2014)
2002 - Las Yungas (also: Selva Nublada )
2007 - Andino Norpatagonica
2007 - Pereyra Iraola
2014 - Valdés
2015 - Patagonia Azul

Bolivia

1977 - Pilón-Lajas
1977 - Ulla Ulla
1986 - Beni

Brazil

Mata Atlântica (including São Paulo Green Belt), 1993 (extensions in 2002 and 2009)
Cerrado (1993, expanded 2000 and 2001)
Pantanal (2000)
Caatinga (2001)
Central Amazon region (2001)
Serra do Espinhaço (2005)
Reserva da Biosfera do Cinturão Verde da Cidade de São Paulo ( São Paulo City Green Belt ) (2017)

Chile

Fray Jorge (1977)
Juan Fernández Archipelago (1977, expanded in 2019)
Torres del Paine (1978)
Laguna San Rafael y El Guayaneco (1979, expanded 2019)
Lauca (1981)
Araucarias (1983)
La Campana-Peñuelas (1984) (extension 2009)
Cabo de Hornos (2005)
Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes (2007)
Biological Corridor Nevados de Chillán-Laguna del Laja (2011)

Costa Rica

Denmark

Northeast Greenland National Park (1977)

Dominican Republic

Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo (2002, together with Haiti since 2017)

Ecuador

Galápagos (1984, 2019 expanded)
Yasuní (1989)
Sumaco (2000, expanded 2002)
Podocarpus-El Condor (2007)
Macizo del Cajas (2013)
Bosque Seco (2014; together with Peru since 2017)
Chocó Andino de Pichincha (2018)

El Salvador

Apaneca-Llamatepec (2007)
Xiriualtique Jiquitizco (2007)
Trifinio Fraternidad Biosphere Reserve (2011, together with Guatemala and Honduras, enlarged in 2017)

France

Guadeloupe Archipelago (1992)

Guatemala

Maya Biosphere Reserve (1990)
Sierra de las Minas (1992)
Trifinio Fraternidad Biosphere Reserve (2011, together with El Salvador and Honduras)

Haiti

La Selle (2012, since 2017 together with the Dominican Republic)
La Hotte (2016)

Honduras

Río Plátano (1980)
Trifinio Fraternidad Biosphere Reserve (2011, together with El Salvador and Guatemala)
Cacique Lempira (2015)
San Marcos de Colón (2017)

Canada

Colombia

Cuba

Sierra del Rosario (1984)
Cuchillas del Toa (1987)
Península de Guanahacabibes (1987)
Baconao (1987)
Ciénaga de Zapata (2000)
Buenavista (2000)
Alexander von Humboldt National Park (2001)

Mexico

Mapimí (1977)
La Michilía (1977)
Montes Azules (1979)
El Cielo (1986)
Sian Ka'an (1986)
Sierra de Manantlán (1988)
Calakmul (1993, expanded 2006)
El Triunfo (1993)
El Vizcaíno (1993)
Alto Golfo de California (1993, extended 1995)
Islas del Golfo de California (1995)
Sierra Gorda (2001)
Banco Chinchorro (2003)
Sierra La Laguna (2003)
Ría Celestún (2004)
Ría Lagartos (2004)
Arrecife Alacranes (2006)
Barranca de Metztilán (2006)
Chamela-Cuixmala (2006)
Cuatrociénegas (2006)
Cumbres de Monterrey (2006)
Huatulco (2006)
La Encrucijada (2006)
La Primavera (2006)
La Sepultura (2006)
Laguna Madre y Delta de Rió Bravo (2006)
Sierra de los Tuxtlas (2006)
Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila (2006)
Mariposa Monarca (2006)
Pantanos de Centla (2006)
Selva El Ocote (2006)
Sierra de Huautla (2006)
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (2006)
Volcán Tacaná (2006)
Sierra de Alamos - Río Cuchujaqui (2007)
Islas Marietas (2008)
Lagunas de Montebello (2009)
Islas Marías (2010)
Los Volcanes (2010)
Nahá-Metzabok (2010)
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán (2012)
Cozumel Island (2016)

Nicaragua

Bosawas (1997)
Rio San Juan (2003)
Ometepe Island (2010)

Panama

Darién (1983)
La Amistad (2000)

Paraguay

Bosque Mbaracayú (2000)
El Chaco (2005)
Itaipu (2017)

Peru

Huascaran (1977)
Manu (1977)
Northwest Peru (1977)
Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha (2010)
Gran Pajatén (2016)

St. 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)

United States

Big Bend (1976)
Cascade Head (1976)
Channel Islands (1976)
Denali (1976)
Everglades & Dry Tortugas (1976)
Glacier (1976)
Jornada (1976)
Luquillo (1976)
Olympic (1976)
Organ Pipe Cactus (1976)
Rocky Mountains (1976)
San Joaquin (1976)
Sequoia-Kings Canyon (1976)
Yellowstone (1976)
University of Michigan Biological Station (1979)
Virginia Coast (1979)
Isle Royale (1980)
Big Thicket (1981)
Guánica (1981)
Central Gulf Coast Plain (1983)
South Atlantic Coastal Plain (1983)
Mojave and Colorado Deserts (1984)
Glacier Bay - Admiralty Island (1986)
Golden Gate (1986)
New Jersey Pinelands (1988)
South Appalachian Mountains (1988)
Champlain-Adirondak (1989)
Mammoth Cave Area (1990, expanded 1996)

Former biosphere reserves in the USA:

Aleutian Islands (1976-2017)
Beaver Creek (1976-2017)
Central Plains (1976-2017)
Coram (1976-2017)
Desert (1976-2017)
Fraser (1976-2017)
HJ Andrews (1976-2017)
Hubbard Brook (1976-2017)
Noatak (1976-2017)
Stanislaus-Tuolomne (1976-2017)
Three Sisters (1976-2017)
Virgin Islands (1976-2017)
Konza Prairie (1978-2017)
Niwot Ridge (1979-2017)
California Coast Ranges (1983-2017)
Carolinian-South Atlantic (1986-2017)
Land between the Lakes (1991-2017)
San Dimas (1976-2018)

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