UNESCO adds 20 sites to network of protected biosphere natural reserves
Q. UNESCO has added how many new sites to its network of biosphere natural reserves?- Published on 21 Mar 16a. 18
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22
ANSWER: 20
UNESCO has added 20 new sites to the network of protected biosphere natural reserves including 2 in Canada and Portugal each. This brought the total number of biosphere reserves to 669 across 120 nations. In Cananda, Tsa Tue area in the NW region including last pristine arctic lake was added to the list. Britain’s Isle of Man and Mexico’s Isla Cozumel were also included. In Portugal, the complete island of Sao Jorge. the 4th largest in the Azores Archipelago was designated as a reserve . List of new UNESCO reserves includes Haiti, India, Iran and Peru. Spain is the country with the largest number of reserves on the list.
