The Biosphere Reserve Institute (BRI) is a scientific institution of the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE), recently designated as a Category 2 Institute under the auspices of UNESCO (C2C) at the 42nd session of UNESCO's General Conference. The BRI was established in 2019 to promote education, research and training focused on UNESCO's MAB Programme and the World Network of Biosphere Reserves as a tool for its implementation.

L'Institut des Réserves de Biosphère (BRI) est une institution scientifique de l'Université d'Eberswalde pour le Développement Durable (HNEE), récemment désignée comme institut de catégorie 2 sous l'égide de l'UNESCO (C2C) lors ...

This event has been the first meeting point of the  three Thematic Networks officially recognized by UNESCO after the  officialization last June of the Thematic Network of Mediterranean Biosphere  Reserves, MedMaB.