Under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere 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)
Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán - Laguna del Laja (2011)

Colombia

Costa Rica

La Amistad International Park (1982)
Cordillera Volcánica Central (1988, extended in 2010)
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]
Choco Andino de Pichincha (2018)

El Salvador

Apaneca-Llamatepec (2007)
- Coatepeque Caldera
- Izalco
Xiriualtique Jiquilisco (2007)
Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras) (2011)

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe National Park

Guatemala

Maya (1990)
Sierra de las Minas (1992)
Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras) (2011)

Haiti

La Selle (2012) (merged with adjacent Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, in 2017.^[2])
La Hotte (2016)

Honduras

Río Plátano (1980)
Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras) 2011 (extended in 2016)
Cacique Lempira, Señor de las Montañas (2015)
San Marcos de Colón (2017)^[2]

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

External links

UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme World Network of Biosphere Reserves