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Climate action through community planning. Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve’s challenge
UNESCO and the abrdn Charitable Foundation foster sustainable practices at the site amid environmental challenges
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International Mother Earth Day 50th anniversary
The International Mother Earth Day is celebrated every year on 22nd of April to encourage each of us to recall how the Earth provides life and sustenance
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Youth call for more participation in Ibero-American Biosphere Reserves
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IPBES Values Assessment: integrating indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge leads to more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes
Today the Intergovernmental SciencePolicy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES released its Methodological assessment on the Diverse Conceptualization of the Multiple Values of Nature and its Benefits in Bonn Germany This assessment has been prepared in partnership with UNESCO one of the four main institutional United Nations partners of IPBES along with FAO UNEP and UNDP
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UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves
91麻豆国产精品自拍 approved the designation of 11 new biosphere reserves in 9 countries including three countries for the first time Chad Georgia and Zambia Two existing biosphere reserves in Spain have also been extended With the new designations the World Network of Biosphere Reserves totals 738 sites in 134 countries
Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS)
IPBES technical support unit on Indigenous and local knowledge
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES is an independent intergovernmental body established by Member States in 2012
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Mountain biosphere reserves in a new era for resilient socio-ecological systems
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Promoting sustainable development through UNESCO’s programmes and sites
The project Promoting sustainable development through UNESCOs programmes and sites aims to promote a more sustainable and climate neutral Europe by working through research and education with the goal of developing innovative solutions to environmental problems in selected UNESCO sites The project will endorse the role of Biosphere Reserves Global Geoparks and natural and mixed World Heritage sites to act as pilot sites for sustainable development and implement at the UN Sustainable Development Goals including on water SDG 6 climate action SDG 13 ocean SDG 14 and land SDG 15
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Citizen Science in the Rio Doce Basin Project
This project is a partnership between UNESCO in Brazil and the Renova Foundation to build peace and dialogue for the sustainable development of the Rio Doce Basin regions
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Wild Park Rainscape to improve green space and groundwater quality in The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Running over 3 years the UNESCO and abrdn Charitable Foundation aCF project Promoting sustainable development through UNESCOs programmes and sites seeks to foster a sustainable and carbon neutral Europe through research and education This year one of the 5 UNESCO sites selected to develop innovative solutions to the challenges in the areas of environment and climate change is the Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere Reserve With its Sustainable Management of Urban Aquifers the project is designed to ascertain the quality of surface water runoff from the local road network and discover what exactly is happening to this water as it moves through the planned sustainable drainage system the Wild Park Rainscape
Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Designation and Review Process
Biosphere reserves are nominated by national governments and remain under the sovereign jurisdiction of the states where they are located Their status is internationally recognized Their functions are reviewed every 10 years under the periodic review process
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Cat VII – Seminar and training
Introductory course for community wildfire management in Rapa Nui island, Chile
From the 14th to the 17th of October 2024 an important UNESCO mission will take place in the Mau Henua Community Rapa Nui National Park This mission aims to strengthen local capacities in forest fire prevention and emergency management The event organised in collaboration with CONAF and the United States Forest Service USFS will include two main activities an introductory course on forest fires and the presentation of the Forest Fire Prevention Kit
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Cat IV – International Congress
Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Gorillas and Their Habitats; and Third GRASP Council Meeting
The longterm strategy for the conservation of great apes and their habitats in Africa and Asia will be defined during these meetings