Biosphere reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean

There are 132 biosphere reserves in 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Ibero-American MAB Network (IberoMAB), created in 1992, aims to strengthen the MAB Programme in Latin American and Caribbean countries, Spain and Portugal, notably by consolidating their MAB National Committees and co-operative links, and promoting the creation of new biosphere reserves.

Full list of biosphere reserves in the region:

Countries	Biosphere Reserve	Year of designation	Periodic Reviews
ARGENTINA
15 biosphere reserves	San Guillermo	1980	2000
	Laguna Blanca	1982	2000, 2017
	Costero del Sur	1984	2000, 2017
	Ñacuñán	1986	2000, 2017
	Laguna de Pozuelos	1990	2006
	Yabotí	1995	2006, 2017
	Mar Chiquita	1996	2012
	Delta del Paraná	2000	2016
	Riacho Teuquito	2000	2014
	Laguna Oca y Herraduras del Río Paraguay	2001 (Former Laguna Oca del Río Paraguay - extended and renamed in 2014)	2014
	Las Yungas	2002	2014
	Andino Norpatagónica	2007
	Pereyra Iraola	2007
	Valdés	2014
	Patagonia Azul	2015

BOLIVIA
3 biosphere reserves	Pilón-Lajas	1977	2006
	Apolobamba National Natural Area of Integrated Management	1977	2006
	Beni	1986	2006

BRAZIL
7 biosphere reserves	Mata Atlântica	1993. (Extended in 2002 and 2009)	2009
	Cerrado	1993. (Extended in 2000 and 2001)	2017
	Pantanal	2000	2016
	Caatinga	2001	2016
	Central Amazon	2001	2016
	Espinhaço Range	2005	2016
	Sao Paulo City Green Belt	2017

CHILE
10 biosphere reserves	Fray Jorge	1977. (Extended in 2012)	1999, 2012
	Archipiélago de Juan Fernández	1977 (Extended in 2019)	1999, 2017
	Torres de Paine	1978	1999, 2017
	Laguna San Rafael y El Guayaneco	1979 (Extended in 2019)	1999, 2017
	Lauca	1981	1999, 2017
	Araucarias	1983. (Extended in 2010)	1999, 2010, 2017
	La Campana-Peñuelas	1984 (Extended in 2009)	1999, 2009, 2017
	Cabo de Hornos	2005	2017
	Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes	2007
	Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán - Laguna del Laja	2011

COLOMBIA
5 biosphere reserves	Cinturón Andino	1979	2001, 2011
	El Tuparro	1979	2001, 2011
	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	1979	2001, 2011
	Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta	2000	2011
	Seaflower	2000	2011

COSTA RICA
4 biosphere reserves	La Amistad	1982	2002, 2015
	Cordillera Volcánica Central	1988. (Extended in 2010)	2003, 2010
	Agua y Paz	2007
	Savegre	2017

CUBA
6 biosphere reserves	Sierra del Rosario	1984	1998
	Cuchillas del Toa	1987	1999
	Península de Guanahacabibes	1987	1999
	Baconao	1987	1999
	Ciénaga de Zapata	2000	2011
	Buenavista	2000	2011

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1 biosphere reserve	La Selle - Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Dominican Republic/Haiti)	(former Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo, 2002) 2017

ECUADOR
7 biosphere reserves	Galápagos	1984 (Extended in 2019)	1999, 2016
	Yasuni	1989	2001, 2017
	Sumaco	2000. (Extended in 2002)	2016
	Podocarpus-El Condor	2007
	Macizo del Cajas	2013
	Bosque Seco (Part of Transboundary Bosques de Paz with Peru)	2014 (2017 Transboundary with Peru)
	Choco Andino de Pichincha	2018

EL SALVADOR
3 biosphere reserves	Apaneca-Llamatepec	2007
	Xiriualtique Jiquitizco	2007
	Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras)	2011

GUATEMALA
3 biosphere reserves	Maya	1990	2001
	Sierra de las Minas	1992	2013
	Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras)	2011

HAITI
2 biosphere reserve	La Selle - Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Dominican Republic/Haiti)	(former La Selle 2012) 2017
	La Hotte	2016

HONDURAS
4 biosphere reserves	Río Plátano	1979	2015
	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

MEXICO
42 biosphere reserves	Mapimí	1977	1998, 2013
	La Michilía	1977	1998
	Montes Azules	1979	1998, 2013
	El Cielo	1986	2002, 2013
	Sian Ka'an	1986	1999, 2016
	Sierra de Manantlán	1988	1999, 2013
	Región de Calakmul	1993. (Calakmul, extended and renamed in 2006)	2006
	El Triunfo	1993	2005, 2016
	El Vizcaíno	1993	2005
	Alto Golfo de California y El Pinacate	1993. (former Alto GolfoExtended in 1995)	2014
	~~Islas del Golfo de California~~	1995. Withdrawn in 2020	2014
	Sierra Gorda	2001	2013
	Sierra La Laguna	2003	2014
	Banco Chinchorro	2003	2016
	Ría Celestún	2004	2016
	Ría Lagartos	2004	2016
	Arrecife Alacranes	2006
	Barranca de Metztilán	2006
	Chamela-Cuixmala	2006
	Cuatrociénegas	2006
	Cumbres de Monterrey	2006
	Huatulco	2006
	La Encrucijada	2006	2017
	La Primavera	2006
	La Sepultura	2006
	Laguna Madre y Delta Río Bravo	2006
	Los Tuxtlas	2006
	Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila	2006
	Mariposa Monarca	2006
	Pantanos de Centla	2006
	Selva El Ocote	2006
	Sierra de Huautla	2006	2017
	Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano	2006
	Volcán Tacaná	2006	2017
	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

NICARAGUA
3 biosphere reserves	Bosawas	1997
	Río San Juan	2003
	Ometepe Island	2010

PANAMA
2 biosphere reserves	Darién	1983	2000, 2017/td>
	La Amistad	2000	2017

PARAGUAY
3 biosphere reserves	Bosque Mbaracayú	2000	2013
	El Chaco	2005
	Itaipu	2017

PERU
7 biosphere reserves	Huascarán	1977	1999, 2005, 2012
	Manu	1977 (Extended in 2017)	1999, 2012
	Noroeste Amotapes-Manglares (Part of Transboundary Bosques de Paz with Ecuador)	1977 (2017, Transboundary with Ecuador)	1999, 2012
	Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha	2010
	Gran Pajatén	2016
	Bosques de Neblina – Selva Central	2020
	Avireri-Vraem Biosphere Reserve	2021

SAINT KITTS and NEVIS
1 biosphere reserve	St. Mary's	2011

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
1 biosphere reserves	North-East Tobago	2020

URUGUAY
2 biosphere reserve	Bañados del Este	1976	2005, 2014
	Bioma Pampa-Quebradas del Norte	2014

VENEZUELA
2 biosphere reserves	Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare	1993	2017
	Delta del Orinoco	2009

Last updated: July 2018

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Director Nacional de Planificación
y Ordenamiento Ambiental del Territorio
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