Geno Biosphere Reserve

{{Biosphere Reserves of Iran}}

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.

UNESCO reported about 40,300 people living within the boundaries of the biosphere reserve in 2000.{{cite web|title=UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Directory|url=http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=IRA+03&mode=all|access-date=20 August 2012}}

Beside a number of hot springs situated in the area, flora and fauna include::fa:منطقه حفاظت شده گنو, Retrieved 20 August 2012{{Circular reference|date=August 2015}}{{cite web|title=IranDeserts Web Portal |url=http://www.irandeserts.com/content/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B7_%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87_%C2%AB%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%88%C2%BB%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%8C%D8%AC%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87.htm |access-date=20 August 2012 |language=fa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044632/http://www.irandeserts.com/content/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B7_%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87_%C2%AB%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%88%C2%BB%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%8C%D8%AC%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}{{cite web |title=IranDeserts Web Portal |url=http://www.irandeserts.com/content/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA/%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3.htm |access-date=20 August 2012 |language=fa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630125104/http://www.irandeserts.com/content/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA/%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3.htm |archive-date=30 June 2012 }}

• 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