Geno Biosphere Reserve

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The Geno Biosphere Reserve (Persian: ذخیره‌گاه زیست‌کره گنو), with a total area of 27,500 hectares, is situated in the Hormozgan province of Iran. It has been designated as a protected area by the Iranian Department of Environment in 1976. UNESCO reported about 40,300 people living within the bounda

ries of the biosphere reserve in 2000. Beside a number of hot springs situated in the area, flora and fauna include: 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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