Learn about UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves and why you should visit them.

An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast featuring ...

Southeast Asia is stepping up efforts to turn global commitments on biosphere reserves into practical action, as the 16th Meeting of the Southeast Asian Biosphere Reserves Network (SeaBRnet) focused ...

PARIS, France, June 16, 2023 (ENS) – UNESCO has approved the designation of 10 new biosphere reserves in nine countries, and one transboundary biosphere reserve that stretches across the border ...

Costa Rica has a wealth of biosphere reserves, and the number is likely to rise in the future. This is the country’s, and UNESCO’s, way of preserving areas of natural beauty in the country. On this ...

An EL PAÍS/Planeta Futuro investigation exposes plans to open timber transport roads in a tropical forest connected to the Yangambi Man and Biosphere Reserve. The area, in northeastern DRC, is a ...

The Berezinsky Reserve in Belarus is one of the few corners of the European portion of the southern taiga that is in pristine condition. Denis Ivkovich/Unesco, Fourni par l'auteur Biodiversity ...

The Río San Juan Biosphere Reserve in Nicaragua encompasses some 1.8 million hectares, as well as smaller protected areas such as Indio Maíz Biological Reserve, Los Guatuzos Wildlife Refuge, the ...

An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70 percent ...