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Agua y Paz Biosphere Reserve
Agua y Paz Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Agua y Paz), a UNESCO MAB site designated 2007 in northern Costa Rica, covering 916,121 ha of the San Juan River basin with volcanoes, Ramsar wetlands like Caño Negro, Maleku indigenous territory, and major hydro, geothermal and wind energy plants.
Archipel de la Guadeloupe Biosphere Reserve
The Archipel de la Guadeloupe Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve, designated in 1992 and managed by the Parc national de la Guadeloupe, covering the Guadeloupe archipelago.
Aruba Island Biosphere Reserve
Aruba Island Biosphere Reserve, designated 5 June 2026, covers all of Aruba and its EEZ (3,019,494 ha), the second whole-territory UNESCO biosphere reserve and the third in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.
Baconao Biosphere Reserve
Baconao Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Baconao), a UNESCO MAB site designated in 1987 on Cuba's south-eastern coast near Santiago de Cuba, covering 94,416 ha with Sierra de la Gran Piedra, caves, over 1,900 flowering plants and coastal-montane ecosystems.
Bosawas Biosphere Reserve
Bosawas Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Bosawás), Nicaragua's largest biosphere reserve and Central America's largest, established 1991, UNESCO biosphere 1997, home to Mayangna and Miskitu peoples, heavily affected by deforestation and illegal cattle ranching.
Buenavista Biosphere Reserve
Buenavista Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO MAB site (designated 2000) on Cuba's northern coast across Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, and Ciego de Ávila provinces; 313,502 ha, 873 inventoried species, 176 endemics, and a Ramsar wetland since 2002.
Cacique Lempira, Senor de las Montanas Biosphere Reserve
Cacique Lempira Señor de las Montañas Biosphere Reserve, western Honduras UNESCO MAB site designated 2015, centered on Celaque National Park, Cerro Las Minas 2,849 m, 168,634 ha, mostly Lenca population.
Cordillera Volcánica Central Biosphere Reserve
Cordillera Volcánica Central Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Cordillera Volcánica Central), a UNESCO MAB reserve in central Costa Rica designated 27 January 1988, covering 650,918 ha with Poás and Irazú volcanoes, 80.7% of the country's endemic species, and watersheds supplying 53% of its population.
Cuchilla del Toa Biosphere Reserve
Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera Cuchillas del Toa), a UNESCO MAB reserve in north-eastern Cuba designated 1987, covering 208,305 ha of the Sagua-Baracoa mountains and Alejandro de Humboldt National Park.
Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve
Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve, Reserva de Biosfera Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo, is a UNESCO MAB reserve in southwest Dominican Republic, designated 2002 (first in the country), 476,700 ha, with three core national parks and a transboundary link to Haiti's La Selle reserve.
La Hotte Biosphere Reserve
La Hotte Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB site designated in 2016 in south-eastern Haiti, covering 435,193 ha of terrestrial and marine areas around the Massif de la Hotte and Macaya National Park, Haiti's most biodiverse region.
La Selle Biosphere Reserve
La Selle Biosphere Reserve, Haiti's first UNESCO biosphere reserve (2012), covers 377,221 ha of the Massif de la Selle including Pic la Selle (2,684 m); since 2017 part of the La Selle–Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo transboundary reserve.
Madre de las Aguas Biosphere Reserve
Madre de las Aguas Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Madre de las Aguas) is a UNESCO biosphere reserve covering the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic, designated in 2024 as the country's second.
Maya Biosphere Reserve
The Maya Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera Maya) is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Guatemala's Petén region, Central America's largest protected area, created in 1990 and home to Maya archaeological sites.
North-East Tobago Biosphere Reserve
North-East Tobago Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere site designated 28 October 2020, Trinidad and Tobago's first; about 83,488 ha including the 1776 Main Ridge Forest Reserve, 1,774 species, and 15 communities.
Península de Guanahacabibes Biosphere Reserve
Península de Guanahacabibes Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB reserve designated in 1987 at Cuba's westernmost tip in Pinar del Río, spanning roughly 121,572–156,202 ha of dry forest, mangroves, and Caribbean reefs.
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, in the Mosquitia region of northeastern Honduras, is the country's largest protected area, a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 1980 and World Heritage Site since 1982.
Río San Juan Biosphere Reserve
Río San Juan Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB reserve in southeastern Nicaragua designated in 2003, covering 1,834,107 ha across seven protected areas, with tropical humid forests, wetlands, freshwater sharks, and Ramas and Krioles communities.
Savegre Biosphere Reserve
Savegre Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB site designated in 2017 on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast, 312,902 ha with a marine component, holding 20% of the country's flora and 71 endemic plant species.
Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve
Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala, UNESCO MAB site since 1992; 240,537 ha holding 60% of the country's cloud forest, 885 vertebrate species, and 294 water bodies feeding the Polochic and Motagua basins.
Xiriualtique - Jiquilisco Biosphere Reserve
Xiriualtique-Jiquilisco Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera Xirihualtique-Jiquilisco), El Salvador's largest UNESCO biosphere reserve, designated 2007; 101,607 ha of Pacific-coast mangroves, forests, and the Bahía de Jiquilisco Ramsar site (2005).