Biosphere Reserves of Canada explained

See main article: Protected areas of Canada. UNESCO Biosphere Reserves are environment-protected scientific-research institutions of international status that are created with the intent for conservation in a natural state the most typical natural complexes of biosphere, conducting background ecological monitoring, studying of the surrounding natural environment, its changes under the activity of anthropogenic factors.

Biosphere Preserves are created on the base of nature preserves or national parks including to their composition territories and objects of other categories of nature-preserving fund and other lands as well as including in the established order the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in the UNESCO framework "Man and the Biosphere Programme".

List of Biosphere Reserves

Canada's 18 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves encompassing a total area of .^{[1] [2]}

Name	Photo	Location	data-sort-type=isoDate	Established	Area (ha)	Description
Beaver Hills			2016	159,560		^[3]
Bras d'Or Lake			2011	356,788	Protects the estuarine system of Bras d'Or Lake	^[4]
Charlevoix			1988	1,290,000		^[5]
Clayoquot Sound			2000	349,947	Protects an intact coastal forest ecosystem on the west coast of Vancouver Island.	^[6]
Frontenac Arch			2002	220,973		^[7]
Fundy			2007	432,310		^[8]
Georgian Bay			2004	347,270		^[9]
Lac Saint-Pierre			2000	650,490		^[10]
Long Point			1986	40,600		^[11]
Manicouagan-Uapishka			2007	5,480,000		^[12]
Mont Saint-Hilaire			1978	1,100		^[13]
Mount Arrowsmith			2000	118,592		^[14]
Niagara Escarpment			1990	194,555		^[15]
Redberry Lake			2000	112,200		^[16]
Riding Mountain			1986	1,331,000	Encompasses Riding Mountain National Park and twelve surrounding municipalities.	^[17]
Southwest Nova			2001	1,546,374		^[18]
Tsá Tué			2016	9,331,300		^[19]
Waterton			1979	66,761	Encompasses Waterton Lakes National Park and two surrounding municipalities.	^[20]

See also

• Wildlife of Canada
• List of World Heritage Sites in Canada

Notes and References

1. Web site: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves of Canada. e CanadianBiosphere Reserves Association and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. 2018. PDF
2. Web site: 18 Sites. UNESCO Biosphere Reserves of Canada. en-US. 2018-03-16.
3. Web site: Beaver Hills United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
4. Web site: Bras d'Or Lake United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
5. Web site: Charlevoix United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
6. Web site: Clayoquot Sound United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
7. Web site: Frontenac Arch United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
8. Web site: Fundy United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
9. Web site: Georgian Bay United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
10. Web site: Lac Saint-Pierre United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
11. Web site: Long Point United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
12. Web site: Manicouagan Uapishka United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
13. Web site: Mont Saint Hilaire United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
14. Web site: Mount Arrowsmith United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
15. Web site: Niagara Escarpment United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
16. Web site: Redberry Lake United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
17. Web site: Riding Mountain United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
18. Web site: South West Nova United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
19. Web site: Tsá Tué United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.
20. Web site: Waterton United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2020-10-11. www.unesco.org.