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BR List 2012B.Xls.Xlsx World Network of Biosphere Reserves 610 Biosphere reserves in 117 countries Approval Approbation CODE COUNTRY/PAYS/PAIS Aprobacion Countries BR ALG ALGERIA/ALGERIE/ARGELIA 1 1 Tassili N'Ajjer 1986 1 2 El Kala 1990 1 3 Djurdura 1997 1 4 Chréa 2002 1 5 Taza 2004 1 6 Gouraya 2004 1 ARG ARGENTINA/ARGENTINE/ARGENTINE 1 1 San Guillermo 1980 1 2 Laguna Blanca 1982 1 3 Costero Del Sur 1984 1 4 Ñacuñan 1986 1 5 Pozuelos 1990 1 6 Yaboty 1995 1 7 Mar Chiquito 1996 1 8 Delta des Paraná 2000 1 9 Riacho Teuquito 2000 1 10 Laguna Oca del Rio Paraguay 2001 1 11 Las Yungas 2002 1 12 Andino Norpatagonica 2007 1 13 Pereyra Iraola 2007 1 AUL AUSTRALIA/AUSTRALIE/AUSTRALIA 1 1 Croajingalong 1977 1 2 Kosciuszko 1977 1 Southwest 1977 Macquarie Island 1977 3 Prince Regent River 1977 1 4 Unnamed 1977 1 5 Uluru (Ayers Rock-Mount Olga) 1977 1 6 Yathong 1977 1 7 Fitzgerald River 1978 1 8 Hattah-Kulkyne NP & Murray-Kulkyne 1981 1 9 Wilson's Promontory 1981 1 10 Riverland (ex Bookmark) 1977 1 11 Mornington Peninsula and Western Port 2002 1 12 Barkindji 2005 1 13 Noosa 2007 1 14 Great Sandy 2009 1 AUS AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE/AUSTRIA 1 1 Gossenköllesse 1977 1 2 Gurgler Kamm 1977 1 3 Lobau 1977 1 4 Neusiedler See 1977 1 5 Grosses Walsertal 2000 1 6 Wienerwald 2005 1 7 Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge 2012 1 BYE BELARUS 1 1 Berezinskiy 1978 1 2 Belovezhskaya Pushcha 1993 1 Pribuzhskoye Polesie (West Polesie Transboundary Biosphere 3 Reserve Belarus/Poland/Ukraine TBR) 2012 1 BEN BENIN 1 1 Pendjari 1986 1 2 "W" Region (TBR Benin/Burkina Faso/Niger) 2002 1 BOL BOLIVIA/BOLIVIE/BOLIVIA 1 1 Pilón-Lajas 1977 1 1/14 September 2012 Global list of Biosphere reserves: 610 Biosphere reserves in 117 countries Approval Approbation CODE COUNTRY/PAYS/PAIS Aprobacion Countries BR 2 Ulla Ulla 1977 1 3 Beni 1986 1 BRA BRAZIL/BRESIL/BRASIL 1 Mata Atlântica 1 (including Sao Paulo City Green Belt) 1993 1 2 Cerrado 1993 1 3 Pantanal 2000 1 4 Caatinga 2001 1 5 Central Amazon 2001 1 6 Espinhaço Range 2005 1 BU BULGARIA/BULGARIE/BULGARIA 1 1 Steneto 1977 1 2 Alibotouch 1977 1 3 Bistrichko Branichté 1977 1 4 Boitine 1977 1 5 Djendema 1977 1 6 Doupkata 1977 1 7 Doupki-Djindjiritza 1977 1 8 Kamtchia 1977 1 9 Koupena 1977 1 10 Mantaritza 1977 1 11 Ouzounboudjak 1977 1 12 Parangalitza 1977 1 13 Srébama 1977 1 14 Tchervenata Sténa 1977 1 15 Tchoupréné 1977 1 16 Tsaritchina 1977 1 BFK BURKINA FASO 1 1 Mare aux Hippopotames 1986 1 2 "W" Region (TBR Benin/Burkina Faso/Niger) 2002 1 CAM CAMBODIA/CAMBODGE/CAMBOYA 1 1 Tonle Sap 1997 1 CMR CAMEROON/CAMEROUN/CAMERUN 1 1 Waza 1979 1 2 Benoué 1981 1 3 Dja 1981 1 CAN CANADA 1 1 Mont Saint-Hilaire 1978 1 2 Waterton 1979 1 3 Long Point 1986 1 4 Riding Mountain 1986 1 5 Charlevoix 1988 1 6 Niagara Escarpment 1990 1 7 Clayoquot Sound 2000 1 8 Redberry Lake 2000 1 9 Lac Saint Pierre 2000 1 10 Mount Arrowsmith 2000 1 11 Southwest Nova 2001 1 12 Frontenach Arch 2002 1 13 Georgian Bay Littoral 2004 1 14 Manicouagan Uapishka 2007 1 15 Fundy 2007 1 16 Bras d'Or Lake 2011 1 CAF CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC 1 REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE REPUBLICA CENTROAFRICANA 1 Basse-Lobaye 1977 1 2 Bamingui-Bangoran 1979 1 2/14 September 2012 Global list of Biosphere reserves: 610 Biosphere reserves in 117 countries Approval Approbation CODE COUNTRY/PAYS/PAIS Aprobacion Countries BR CHI CHILE/CHILI/CHILE 1 1 Fray Jorge 1977 1 2 Juan Fernández 1977 1 3 Torres del Paine 1978 1 4 Laguna San Rafael 1979 1 5 Lauca 1981 1 6 Araucarias 1983 1 7 La Campana-Peñuelas 1984 1 8 Cabo de Hornos 2005 1 9 Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes 2007 1 10 Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán-Laguna del Laja 2011 1 CPR CHINA/CHINE/CHINA 1 1 Changbaishan 1979 1 2 Dinghushan 1979 1 3 Wolong 1979 1 4 Fanjingshan 1986 1 5 Xilin Gol 1987 1 6 Wuyishan 1987 1 7 Bogeda 1990 1 8 Shennongjia 1990 1 9 Yancheng 1992 1 10 Xishuangbanna 1993 1 11 MaoLan 1996 1 12 Tianmushan 1996 1 13 Fenglin 1997 1 14 Jiuzhaigou Valley 1997 1 15 Nanji Islands 1998 1 16 Shankou Mangrove 2000 1 17 Baishuijiang 2000 1 18 Gaoligong Mountain 2000 1 19 Huanglong 2000 1 20 Baotianman 2001 1 21 Saihan Wula 2001 1 22 Dalai Lake 2002 1 23 Wudalianchi 2003 1 24 Yading 2003 1 25 Foping 2004 1 26 Qomolangma 2004 1 27 Chebaling 2007 1 28 Xingkai Lake 2007 1 29 Mao'er Mountain 2011 1 30 Jinggangshan 2012 1 31 Niubeiliang 2012 1 COL COLOMBIA/COLOMBIE/COLOMBIA 1 1 Cinturón Andino 1979 1 2 El Tuparro 1979 1 3 Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 1979 1 4 Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta 2000 1 5 Seaflower 2000 1 PRC CONGO 1 1 Odzala 1977 1 2 Dimonika 1988 1 COS COSTA RICA 1 1 La Amistad 1982 1 2 Cordillera Volcánica Central 1988 1 3 Aqua y Paz 2007 1 IVC COTE D'IVOIRE 1 1 Taï 1977 1 3/14 September 2012 Global list of Biosphere reserves: 610 Biosphere reserves in 117 countries Approval Approbation CODE COUNTRY/PAYS/PAIS Aprobacion Countries BR 2 Comoe 1983 1 CRO CROATIA/CROATIE/CROACIA 1 1 Velebit Mountain 1977 1 2 Mura Drava Danube (TBR Croatia/Hungary) 2012 1 CUB CUBA 1 1 Sierra del Rosario 1984 1 2 Cuchillas del Toa 1987 1 3 Península de Guanahacabibes 1987 1 4 Baconao 1987 1 5 Ciénaga de Zapata 2000 1 6 Buenavista 2000 1 CZE CZECH REPUBLIC/REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE 1 REPUBLICA CHECA 1 Krivoklátsko 1977 1 2 Trebon Basin 1977 1 3 Lower Morava (ex. Palava) 2003 1 4 Sumava 1990 1 5 Krkonose (Krkonose/Karkonosze TBR Czech Rep/Poland) 1992 1 6 Bílé Karpathy 1996 1 DRC CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REP. OF 1 REP. DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO REPÚBLICA DEMOCRATICA DEL CONGO 1 Yangambi 1976 1 2 Luki 1976 1 3 Lufira 1982 1 DEN DENMARK/DANEMARK/DINAMARCA 1 1 North-East Greenland 1977 1 DOMINICAN REP./REP. DOMINICAINE/ DOM REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA 1 1 Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo 2002 1 ECU ECUADOR/EQUATEUR/ECUADOR 1 1 Archipiélago de Colón (Galapagos) 1984 1 2 Yasuni 1989 1 3 Sumaco 2000 1 4 Podocarpus-El condor 2007 1 EGY EGYPT/EGYPTE/EGIPTO 1 1 Omayed 1981 1 2 Wadi Allaqi 1993 1 SLV EL SALVADOR/EL SALVADOR/EL SALVADOR 1 1 Apaneca-Llamatepec 2007 1 2 Xiriualtique Jiquitizco 2007 1 3 Trifinio Fraternidad (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras TBR) 2011 1 ENA ESTONIA/ESTONIE/ESTONIA 1 1 West Estonian Archipelago 1990 1 ETH ETHIOPA/ETHIOPIE/ETIOPĺA 1 1 Kafa 2010 1 2 Yayu 2010 1 3 Sheka 2012 1 FIN FINLAND/FINLANDE/FINLANDA 1 1 North Karelian 1992 1 2 Archipelago Sea Area 1994 1 FRA FRANCE/FRANCIA 1 4/14 September 2012 Global list of Biosphere reserves: 610 Biosphere reserves in 117 countries Approval Approbation CODE COUNTRY/PAYS/PAIS Aprobacion Countries BR 1 Commune de Fakarava 1977 1 2 Vallée du Fango 1977 1 3 Réserve de biosphère de Camargue (delta du Rhône) 1977 1 4 Cévennes 1984 1 5 Iles et de la Mer d'Iroise 1988 1 6 Mont Ventoux 1990 1 7 Archipel de la Guadeloupe 1992 1 8 Luberon - Lure 1997 1 9 Fontainebleau et du Gâtinais (Pays de Fontainebleau) 1998 1 Vosges du Nord (Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald 10 France/GermanyTBR) 1998 1 11 Bassin de la Dordogne 2012 1 GAB GABON 1 1 Ipassa-Makokou 1983 1 GER GERMANY/ALLEMAGNE/ALEMANIA 1 1 Flusslandschaft Elbe 1979 1 2 Vessertal-Thüringen Forest 1979 1 Bayerischer Wald 1981 3 Berchtesgadener Land 1990 1 4 Wadden Sea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein 1990 1 5 Schorfheide-Chorin 1990 1 6 Spreewald 1991 1 7 Rügen 1991 1 8 Rhön 1991 1 9 Waddensea of Lower Saxony 1992 1 10 Waddensea of Hamburg 1992 1 11 Oberlausitzer Heide-und Teichlandschaft 1996 1 12 Pfälzerwald (Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald France/Germany TBR) 1998 1 13 Schaalsee 2000 1 14 Bliesgau 2009 1 15 Swabian Alb 2009 1 GHA GHANA 1 1 Bia 1983 1 2 Songor 2011 1 GRE GREECE/GRECE/GRECIA 1 1 Gorge of Samaria 1981 1 2 Mount Olympus 1981 1 GUA GUATEMALA 1 1 Maya 1990 1 2 Sierra de las Minas 1992 1 3 Trifinio Fraternidad (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras TBR) 2011 1 GUI GUINEA/GUINEE/GUINEA 1 1 Monts Nimba 1980 1 2 Massif du Ziama 1980 1 3 Badiar 2002 1 4 Haut Niger 2002 1 GBS GUINEA-BISSAU/GUINEE-BISSAU 1 GUINEA-BISSAU/GUINEE-BISSAU 1 Boloma Bijagós 1996 1 HAI HAITI 1 1 La Selle 2012 1 HON HONDURAS 1 1 Río Plátano 1980 1 2 Trifinio Fraternidad (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras TBR) 2011 1 5/14 September 2012 Global list of Biosphere reserves: 610 Biosphere reserves in 117 countries Approval Approbation CODE COUNTRY/PAYS/PAIS Aprobacion Countries BR HUN HUNGARY/HONGRIE/HUNGRIA 1 1 Aggtelek 1979 1 2 Hortobágy 1979 1 3 Kiskunság 1979 1 4 Lake Fertö 1979 1 5 Pilis 1980 1 6 Mura Drava Danube (Croatia/Hungary TBR) 2012 1 IND INDIA/INDE/INDIA 1 1 Nilgiri 2000 1 2 Gulf of Mannar 2001 1 3 Sunderban 2001 1 4 Nanda Devi 2004 1 5 Nokrek 2009 1 6 Pachmarhi 2009 1 7 Similipal 2009 1 8 Achanakmar-Amarkantak 2012 1 INS INDONESIA/INDONESIE/INDONESIA 1 1 Cibodas 1977 1 2 Komodo 1977 1 3 Lore Lindu 1977 1 4 Tanjung Puting 1977 1 5 Gunung Leuser 1981 1 6 Siberut 1981 1 7 Giam Siak Kecil - Bukit Batu 2009 1 8 Wakatobi 2012 1 IRA IRAN, REP.
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