It's about life: 50th anniversary exhibition
During the confinement we have experienced in the last few years due to the sanitary crisis To protect each other we sheltered inside our homes distancing ourselves not only from our families and friends but also from the outside world pausing momentarily our relationship with our cities and landscapes For UNESCO these moments have unfolded into a renewed commitment for living together with our environment and implementing new initiatives for our common future
La Selle
La Selle became Haitis first biosphere reserve in 2012 Encompassing the Massif de la Selle and Pic de la Selle 2684m it serves as an ecological corridor in the south of Hispaniola marked by high levels of endemism
Latin America and the Caribbean
Ba?ados del Este
Located in southeast Uruguay Ba?ados del Este harbours a remarkable complex of ecosystems including white sand beaches dunes and lagoons along the Atlantic coast This variety of habitats is home to a rich diversity of wildlife and remain almost intact both on land and at sea
Salzburger Lungau & Ka?rntner Nockberge
The 149600ha biosphere reserve extends over the Lungau plateau and the Nock mountains between the lander of Salzburg and Carinthia Designated in 2012 it is the largest of Austrias four biosphere reserves
Montseny
Nestled between the Mediterranean and the Catalan Mountain Range Montseny is home to a patchwork of habitats ranging from deciduous and coniferous mixed forest through alpine meadows all the way to rocky high peaks
El Hierro
The El Hierro Biosphere Reserve is situated on the westernmost and the smallest island of the Canary Islands with a surface of 2687 km2 The Canary Islands are themselves part of the Macaronesia archipelago together with the Azores Madeira and Cape Verde
Manzanares
Located in the northwest of the Madrid region this 4678719 ha biosphere reserve creates a green corridor linking Madrid with the Sierra de Guadarrama protecting ecosystems habitats and species
Intercontinental del Mediterráneo
The Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean stretches between Andalusia in southern Spain and the Tingitane peninsula in northern Morocco forming an arc across the Strait of Gibraltar It encompasses a total land area of 41320172 ha and a total marine area of 1797682 ha
Gombe Masito Ugalla
Its 16584 km2 are spread along the northern coast of Lake Tanganyika Tanzania which is the second largest globally and accounts for 16 of the worlds available freshwater
Tianmushan
The 4284 ha biosphere reserve is located some 230 km southwest of Shanghai Its mountains and the Paci?c monsoon climate it rains up to 1870 mm a year create the perfect conditions for fog valleys
Mariposa Monarca
The Purépecha grandmothers tell how their ancestors walked from the cold lands at the centre of the country When the children and old people could go no further they covered their bodies with the orange resin of the trees and the yellow pollen of the flowers to keep themselves warm The pollen and resin transformed them into monarch butterflies and they flew together to the lands of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Every year the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve hosts millions of monarch butterflies every year which after migrating 50000 km southwards from Canada and the United States arrive in the oyamel forests of the states of Mexico and Michoacán Lynx the Aztec blackbird and the brook salamander also benefit from the conservation of this important area in which local communities and Indigenous peoples actively participate
Sierra de Manantlán
Located in the states of Jalisco and Colima Mexico the Sierra La Laguna Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 139577?ha consisting of a mountainous strip almost 100?km wide running from Puerto Vallarta Jalisco to the confluence of the Balsas River It includes a section of the Sierra Madre del Sur near the junction with the Transverse Volcanic Axis and the Sierra Madre Occidental which is reflected in the landscape the habitats of the mountain complex and the high level of biological diversity