PICTURED ABOVE: Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme has added 20 new sites, including two transboundary, to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The network now includes 598 reserves in 117 countries. Biosphere Reserves were inscribed in Haiti, Kazakhstan, and Sao Tome and Principe for the first time this year. Biosphere Reserves are areas designated under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme to serve as places to test different approaches to integrated management of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine resources and biodiversity. Biosphere Reserves are thus sites for experimenting with and learning about sustainable development. Brief descriptions of the new sites are HERE.
PICTURED ABOVE: Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve.

The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme has added 20 new sites, including two transboundary, to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

The network now includes 598 reserves in 117 countries.

Biosphere Reserves were inscribed in Haiti, Kazakhstan, and Sao Tome and Principe for the first time this year.

Biosphere Reserves are areas designated under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme to serve as places to test different approaches to integrated management of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine resources and biodiversity. Biosphere Reserves are thus sites for experimenting with and learning about sustainable development.

Brief descriptions of the new sites are HERE.

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17 July 2012 ♥ 3 notes           High-Res
    source: unesco.org
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