Fuvahmulah Biosphere Reserve

2020
unesco

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 2020, in Maldives. The Fuvahmulah Biosphere Reserve is in the southern Maldives. Covering approximately 1,300 ha, it is the country’s only single-island administrative atoll. It hosts highly diverse coral ecosystems with healthy habitats and distinctive coral-sand beach formations. The atoll is notable for its single-island setting and shallow bowl form.