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| World | ||
| World | 459 | |
| 2004 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 67 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 32 | |
| Europe | 172 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 26 | |
| North America | 60 | |
| Oceania | 12 | |
| South America | 40 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 50 | |
| ISO | 2004 | |
| Country | ||
| Algeria | DZA | 6 |
| Argentina | ARG | 11 |
| Australia | AUS | 12 |
| Austria | AUT | 5 |
| Belarus | BLR | 3 |
| Benin | BEN | 2 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 3 |
| Brazil | BRA | 5 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 16 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 2 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 1 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 3 |
| Canada | CAN | 13 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 2 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 2 |
| Chile | CHL | 7 |
| China | CHN | 26 |
| Colombia | COL | 5 |
| Congo | COG | 2 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 3 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 2 |
| Croatia | HRV | 1 |
| Cuba | CUB | 6 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 7 |
| Denmark | DNK | 1 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 1 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 3 |
| Egypt | EGY | 2 |
| Estonia | EST | 1 |
| Finland | FIN | 2 |
| France | FRA | 10 |
| Gabon | GAB | 1 |
| Germany | DEU | 14 |
| Ghana | GHA | 1 |
| Greece | GRC | 2 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 2 |
| Guinea | GIN | 4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 1 |
| Honduras | HND | 1 |
| Hungary | HUN | 5 |
| India | IND | 4 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 6 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 9 |
| Ireland | IRL | 2 |
| Israel | ISR | 1 |
| Italy | ITA | 8 |
| Japan | JPN | 4 |
| Jordan | JOR | 1 |
| Kenya | KEN | 6 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 2 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 2 |
| Latvia | LVA | 1 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 3 |
| Malawi | MWI | 1 |
| Mali | MLI | 1 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 1 |
| Mexico | MEX | 16 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 4 |
| Morocco | MAR | 2 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 1 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 2 |
| Niger | NER | 2 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 1 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 1 |
| Panama | PAN | 2 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 1 |
| Peru | PER | 3 |
| Philippines | PHL | 2 |
| Poland | POL | 9 |
| Portugal | PRT | 1 |
| Romania | ROU | 3 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 34 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 1 |
| Senegal | SEN | 3 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | YUG | 2 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 4 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 2 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 4 |
| Spain | ESP | 27 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 3 |
| Sudan | SDN | 2 |
| Sweden | SWE | 1 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 2 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 3 |
| Thailand | THA | 4 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 1 |
| Uganda | UGA | 1 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 6 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 9 |
| United States | USA | 47 |
| Uruguay | URY | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 1 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 1 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 4 |
| Yemen | YEM | 1 |
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| United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory. Available on-line at: http://www.unesco.org/mab/wnbr.htm. Paris, France. |
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