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.
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) Lanín National Park Nahuel Huapi National Park Los Arrayanes National Park Lago Puelo National Park Los Alerces National Park 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
Cinturón Andino (1979) Cueva de los Guácharos Puracé Nevado del Huila El Tuparro (1979) Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (1979) Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (2000) Seaflower (2000)
Costa Rica
La Amistad International Park (1982) Cordillera Volcánica Central (1988, extended in 2010) Aqua y Paz (2007) Savegre Reserve (2017)
Cuba
Sierra del Rosario (1984) Cuchillas del Toa (1987) Península de Guanahacabibes (1987) Baconao (1987) Ciénaga de Zapata (2000) Buenavista (2000)
Dominican Republic Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo (2002) (merged with adjacent Haiti's La Selle in 2017)
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) 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.) 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)
Mexico
Mapimí (1977) La Michilía (1977) Montes Azules (1979) El Cielo (1986) Sian Ka'an (1986) Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve (1988) Calakmul (1993) El Triunfo (1993) El Vizcaíno (2021) Alto Golfo de California (1993) Alto Golfo de California (1995) Sierra Gorda (2001) Banco Chinchorro (2003) Sierra La Laguna (2003) Ría Celestún (2004) Ría Lagartos (2004) Cumbres de Monterrey (2006) Huatulco (2006) La Encrucijada (2006) La Primavera (2006) La Sepultura (2006) Laguna Madre and Río Bravo Delta (2006) Los Tuxtlas (2006) Maderas del Carmen (2006) Mariposa Monarca (2006) Pantanos de Centla (2006) Selva El Ocote (2006) Sierra de Huautla (2006) Volcán Tacaná (2006) Arrecife Alacranes (2006) Barranca de Metztitlán (2006) Chamela-Cuixmala (2006) Cuatrocienagas (2006) Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (2006) Sierra de Álamos–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
Bosawas (1997) Río San Juan (2003) Ometepe Island (2010)
Panama
Darién National Park (1983) La Amistad International Park (2000)
Paraguay
Bosque Mbaracayú (2000) El Chaco (2005) Itaipu (2017), part of Alto Paraná Atlantic forests Sur del Alto Paraná (2026)
Peru
Huascarán (1977) Manu (1977) Noroeste Amotapes–Manglares (1977, expanded and renamed 2016) Cerros de Amotape National Park El Angolo Game Preserve Tumbes National Reserve Tumbes Mangals National Sanctuary Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha (2010) Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest Yanesha Communal Reservation El Sira Communal Reserve Gran Pajatén (2016) Rio Abiseo National Park Bosques de Paz (2017, shared with Ecuador)
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 List of UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves of Latin America and the Caribbean