Mount Paekdu Biosphere Reserve is situated at the border to the People’s Republic of China and shares the volcano mountain and mountain forest ecosystem with Changbaishan Biosphere Reserve in China.

The Mt. Myohyang Biosphere Reserve covers the mountain areas of Myohyang Mountain Range and Jokyuryong Mountain Range on the left bank of River Chongchon. The Myohyang Mountains debouch from Mt. Rangrim and stretch northeastward and southwestward, sprawling on the border of South Phyongan Province and link Mt. Myohyang Piro Peak (1,909m) almost to Mt. Sobak (2014m above sea level).

There is no inhabitant living within the core area. 18,400 peoples are living in buffer zone while 73,800 in transition area.

Central part of the Gwangneung Forest is the basin divided into east and west by the Bongseonsacheon stream (100m above sea level), which flows southward. The basin is open to the north and the other aspects are surrounded by the peaks and ridges of mountain. Owing to the geographical feature, the air temperature of this area in winter is lower by about 4 than its vicinities.

Aya, in the eastern part of Japan’s southern Kyushu Island, harbors one of the country’s largest remaining lucidophyllous forests. The forest shows high biodiversity and embraces many indigenous species. Forest therapy and traditional recycling based agriculture in Aya Town are an ecotourism draw to the Biosphere Reserve.

The Valle del Ticino is a ‘riverscape’ biosphere reserve along the Ticino River in the north of Italy, situated at the meeting place of the culturally rich regions Lombardy and Piedmont. It represents an important ecological corridor within the urbanized and industrialized Po plain. The site encompasses a mosaic of ecosystems with large river habitats, wetlands, riparian woods and patches of primary plain forest which covered the entire valley during Roman colonization.

This biosphere reserve is located in south-central Italy, bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is characterized by low dolomite mountains with typical karst features such as sinkholes and caves. The coastline is made up of cliffs, bays and sandy beaches, with sea caves and freshwater springs.

Miramare Biosphere Reserve and Marine Reserve is situated only about 7 km from the city of Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste close to the Slovenian border. It represents a rocky promontory of karst with coastal cliffs and beaches. Marine habitats of special interest from a conservation perspective are the tidal zone which harbors many endemic species, such as Fucus virsoides, and undisturbed cliffs with a diverse benthic fauna.

Situated about 100 km south of Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast, Circeo Biosphere Reserve represents a diversity of Mediterranean ecosystems. It comprises a plain forest located on a series of continental dunes, three coastal lakes, marshy areas and the calcareous massif of Mount Circeo (541 meters above sea level) as well as agriculture fields and pastures. The biosphere reserve partly overlaps with the Circeo National Park and includes a Ramsar site.

This biosphere reserve and national park covers a vast area of tropical rain forest in northern Sumatra with a range of ecosystems: lowland evergreen dipterocarp forest, lower and upper montane rain forest, peat swamp forest, forest over limestone, sub-alpine meadows and heathlands, freshwater lakes and rivers, and sulphur mineral pools.

Situated between Flores and Sumbawa in Indonesia, Komodo Biosphere Reserve and National Park is well known for its population of about 5,000 giant lizards, also called ‘Komodo dragons’ (Varanus komodoensis).They exist nowhere else in the world and are of great interest to scientists studying the theory of evolution.This lizard was also the reason for the designation of the area as a World Heritage site.