Under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), there are 70 biosphere reserves recognized as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in African States as of 2016. These are distributed across 28 countries. While biosphere reserves in West African,

East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical ...

n, Central African and

Southern African Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...

countries are organised in the AfriMAB regional network, biosphere reserves in Northern African countries are organised in the ArabMAB, UNESCO's regional MAB network (see World Network of Biosphere Reserves in the Arab States for reserves in these countries).

The list

Below is the list of biosphere reserves in Africa, organized by country/territory, along with the year these were designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Benin

* Pendjari (1986) * 'W' Region (2002, together with Burkina Faso and Niger) * Mono River (2017, shared with Togo)

Burkina Faso

* Mare aux Hippopotames (1986) * 'W' Region (2002, together with Benin and Niger)

Cameroon

* Waza (1979) * Benoué (1981) * Dja (1981)

Central African Republic

* Basse-

Lobaye Lobaye is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Mbaïki. Emperor Duy Tân of Vietnam died here on December 26, 1945 in a plane crash. David Dacko, the first and third president of the Central African Republic fr ...

(1977) * Bamingui-Bangoran (1979)

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

Odzala-Kokoua National Park Odzala-Kokoua National Park (or Odzala National Park) is a national park in the Republic of the Congo. The park was first protected in 1935, declared a biosphere reserve in 1977, and granted official designation by presidential decree in 2001. Odz ...

* Dimonika (1988)

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

Taï Taï is a town in southwestern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Taï Department in Cavally Region, Montagnes District. Taï is also a commune. The town is between Taï National Park and the Cavally River. The river—which ...

(1977) * Comoé (1983)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

* Yangambi (1976) * Luki (1976) * Lufira (1982)

Egypt

Omayed Omayed ( ar, العميد) is a 75,800 ha UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve in western Egypt in a sparsely populated region of coastal desert 80 kilometers west of Alexandria and 200 kilometers east of Matruh. It was designated as a biosphere re ...

(1981, extension 1998) *

Wadi Allaqi Wadi Allaqi, ( ar, وادي العلاقي) also transliterated as Wadi Allaqui or Wadi Alalaqi, is a wadi (dry river) in southern Egypt. It begins in Sudan below Halaib Triangle, and its mouth is south of Aswan on the eastern shore of Lake Nasser. ...

(1993)

Ethiopia

* Kafa(2010) * Yayu (2010) * Sheka(2012) *

Lake Tana Lake Tana ( am, ጣና ሐይቅ, T’ana ḥāyik’i; previously Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wid ...

(2015) *

Majang Forest The Majang people, or ''Majangir'', live in southwestern Ethiopia and speak a Nilo-Saharan language of the Surmic cluster. The 1998 census gave the total of the Majangir population as 15,341, but since they live scattered in the hills in dispers ...

(2017)

Gabon

* Impassa-Makokou (1983)

Ghana

* Bia National Park (1983) * Songor (2011) *

Lake Bosomtwe Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural lake in Ghana. It is situated within an ancient impact crater that is about in diameter. It is about south-east of Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, and is a popular recreational area. There are about 30 village ...

(2016)

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

Mount Nimba Mount Richard-Molard, also known as Mount Nimba, is a mountain along the border of Ivory Coast and Guinea in West Africa. The highest peak for both countries and the Nimba Range is at . The mountain is a part of the Guinea Highlands, which stra ...

(1980) * Massif du Ziama (1980) * Badiar (2002) * Haut Niger (2002)

Guinea-Bissau

* Boloma Bijagós (1996)

Kenya

Mount Kenya Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is locat ...

(1978) *

Mount Kulal Mount Kulal is an eroded-down extinct volcano located in northern Kenya, just east of Lake Turkana. The mountain has an elevation of . The lakeside town of Loiyangalani is located west of Mount Kulal. Mount Kulal has been a biosphere reserve s ...

(1978) * Malindi- Watamu (1979) * Kiunga (1980) * Amboseli (1991) *

Mount Elgon Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda.

(2003)

Madagascar

Mananara Nord National Park Mananara Nord National Park is a national park near Mananara Nord in the Analanjirofo Region of Madagascar. The closest city is Toamasina. It also includes a marine park of 1000 ha near the village Sahasoa, with 3 islands, 3.5 km off Sahaso ...

(1990) * Sahamalaza-Iles Radama (2001) * Littoral de Toliara (2003)

Malawi

* Mount Mulanje (2000) * Lake Chilwa (2006)

Mali

* Boucle du Baoulé (1982)

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

Sénégal River ,french: Fleuve Sénégal) , name_etymology = , image = Senegal River Saint Louis.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Fishermen on the bank of the Senegal River estuary at the outskirts of Saint-Louis, Senegal ...

Delta (2005, together with Senegal)

Mauritius

* Macchabee/Bel Ombre (1977)

Morocco

* Arganeraie (1998) * Oasis du sud marocain (2000) *

Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean The Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean is the first of its type to be designated by the Man and the Biosphere Programme. It combines the Tingitan Peninsula in Morocco and the southern Iberian Peninsula of Andalusia. Both count ...

(together with Spain) (2006) * Atlas Cedar (2016)

Niger

* Aïr et Ténéré (1977) * 'W' Region (2002, together with Benin and Burkina Faso) *

Gababedji Gababedji is a village and rural commune in Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages

(2017)

Nigeria

Omo Omo or OMO may refer to: Geography Ethiopia * Omo River (Ethiopia), in southern Ethiopia is the largest Ethiopian river outside the Nile Basin and namesake for all the topics below * Omo Nada, one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia ...

(1977)

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

* Volcans (1983)

São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...

* Island of Príncipe (2012)

Senegal

* Samba Dia (1979) * Delta du Saloum (1980) *

Niokolo-Koba The Niokolo-Koba National Park (french: Parc National du Niokolo Koba, PNNK) is a World Heritage Site and natural protected area in south eastern Senegal near the Guinea border. It is served by Niokolo-Koba Airport, an unpaved airstrip. National ...

(1981) *

Delta (2005, together with Mauritania) *

Ferlo The Ferlo Desert, also known as the Ferio Desert, is a desert in northern-central Senegal. It is inhabited by the Serer and the Fulani. Geography and landscape The Ferlo Desert occupies an area of some 70,000 km2, over one-third of the coun ...

(2012)

South Africa

* Kogelberg Nature Reserve (1998) * Cape West Coast (2000) * Waterberg (2001) *

Kruger to Canyons Biosphere The Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region is a biosphere reserve situated in the north eastern region of South Africa, straddling Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces. In 2001, under the supervision of the then Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), ...

(2001) * Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve (2007) * Vhembe Biosphere Reserve (2009) (ref Vhembe) * Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (2015) * Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve (2015) * Garden Route (2017)

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

* Dinder (1979) * Radom (1979) * Jebel Dair (2017)

Togo

* Oti-Keran / Oti-Mandouri (2011) * Mono River (2017, shared with Benin)

Uganda

* Queen Elizabeth (Rwenzori) (1979) *

(2005)

United Republic of Tanzania

* Lake Manyara (1981) * Serengeti-

Ngorongoro The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (, ) is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Ngorongoro District, west of Arusha City in Arusha Region, within the Crater Highlands geological area of northern Tanzania. The area is nam ...

(1981) * East Usambara (2000) * Jozani-Chwaka Bay (2016)

Zimbabwe

* Middle Zambezi (2010)

References

External links

UNESCO list of biosphere reserves in Africa

Database of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves

AfriMAB website

ArabMAB website
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