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UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Iran^[1]

The Geno Biosphere Reserve, with a total area of 27,500 hectares, situated in the Hormozgan province of Iran. It has been designated as a protected area by the Iranian Department of Environment in 1976.^[2]

UNESCO reported about 40,300 people living within the boundaries of the biosphere reserve in 2000.^[2]

Beside a number of hot springs situated in the area, flora and fauna include:^[3][4][5]

• Flora: pomegranate, date palm, black maidenhair fern, caraway, common yarrow, pennyroyal, milkweed, primrose
• Fauna:
  • mammals: gazelle, gray wolf, bear, fox, leopard, wild boar, hyena, jackal, rabbit,
  • birds: grey partridge, eagle, falcon, Eurasian collared dove, see-see partridge, common wood pigeon, cinereous vulture, lark, pipit, common house martin, white-eared bulbul

• International Network of Geoparks
• List of Geoparks

• Map on Wikimapia
• Medicinal plants of the Geno protected area
• Hormozgan Dept. of Environment info page

27°23′N 56°07′E / 27.383°N 56.117°E / 27.383; 56.117