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
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References
- ^ "UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Directory".
- ^ a b "UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Directory". Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ fa:منطقه حفاظت شده گنو, Retrieved 20 August 2012[circular reference]
- ^ "IranDeserts Web Portal" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "IranDeserts Web Portal" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
External links
- Map on Wikimapia
- Medicinal plants of the Geno protected area
- Hormozgan Dept. of Environment info page
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