Ecuador Sangay National Park		Seychelles Aldabra Atoll
	Honduras Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve		South Africa Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
	India Manas Wildlife Sanctuary		Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
	India Kaziranga National Park		United Republic of Tanzania Serengeti National Park
	Nepal Royal Chitwan National Park		Venezuela Canaima National Park

Honduras - Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve

IUCN Management Category: National Park (Proposed)
Biosphere Reserve
Natural World Heritage Site: Criteria i, ii, iii, iv

Located in the watershed of the Rio Platano in the Mosquita region of north-east Honduras, the reserve is one of the few remnants of humid tropical forest in Central America. The biosphere reserve contains abundant and varied plant and wildlife and over 2,000 indigenous people. The area covers a total of 500,000ha, of which 350,000ha constitute the biosphere reserve and 150,000ha a buffer zone. The area was gazetted as an archaeological national park in 1969. It was internationally recognised as a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1980 and inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982.Rio Platano was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1996 due to commercial and agricultural intrusions into the site.

Links:
http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/196.htm
http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/protected_areas/data/wh/rioplata.html