The Geno Biosphere Reserve (), with a total area of 27,500 hectares, is situated in the Hormozgan province of Iran. It has been designated as a protected area by the Iranian Department of Environment in 1976.
UNESCO reported about 40,300 people living within the boundaries of the biosphere reserve in 2000.
Beside a number of hot springs situated in the area, flora and fauna include::fa:منطقه حفاظت شده گنو, Retrieved 20 August 2012 Flora: pomegranate, date palm, black maidenhair fern, caraway, common yarrow, pennyroyal, milkweed, primrose Fauna: mammals: gazelle, gray wolf, bear, fox, leopard, wild boar, hyena, jackal, rabbit, birds: grey partridge, eagle, falcon, Eurasian collared dove, see-see partridge, common wood pigeon, cinereous vulture, lark, pipit, common house martin, white-eared bulbul
Gallery
See also International Network of Geoparks List of Geoparks
References
External links Map on Wikimapia Medicinal plants of the Geno protected area Hormozgan Dept. of Environment info page