Rinjani-Lombok UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
The whole island, held to one standard of balance
Since 2018 all of Lombok has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve: a place where protecting nature and improving people's lives are planned together.
- 2018
- Designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
- 4,590.97 km²
- The whole of Lombok Island
- 3
- Zones: a protected core, a buffer and a transition area where people live and work
Where two worlds of wildlife meet
Lombok lies just east of the Wallace Line, the deep-water boundary between the animals and plants of Asia and those of Australasia. Species from both sides meet here, on an island small enough to cross in a day.
The Biosphere Reserve protects that meeting point as one system: the forests of Mount Rinjani that feed the island's springs and rivers, the farmland and villages on its slopes, and the coasts, mangroves and reefs below.
Part of the Rinjani-Lombok family
Rinjani-Lombok MIDAS
The Management Agency that governs both designations: its programmes, plans, partners and people.
Visit rinjanilombok.org
UNESCO Global Geopark
The geological story of Rinjani and the Samalas caldera, told through 47 geosites, geotrails and local geoproducts.
Visit the Geopark website