The 1st International Conference on Science and Research in, for and with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves has been held in the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve (Germany) from May 16-20, 2022, and has been organized by the Institute for Biosphere Reserves (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development).
The International Center for Biosphere Reserves of the Mediterranean (UNESCOMED Centre) has participated in the Conference as an example of good practice, presenting itself as a Category II Center (CC2) under the auspices of UNESCO that offers a unique platform for research , networking, transfer and monitoring of BRs in the Mediterranean, expandable beyond the Mediterranean BRs.
One of the main strategic lines of UNESCOMED is the promotion and development of interdisciplinary applied research on the social, economic and environmental aspects of the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves. And as proof of this, one of the researchers attached to the International University Campus of Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves of the UNESCOMED Center, Mari Carmen Romera, has also presented part of the results of her doctoral research on inclusive governance at the RB Arganeraie, in Morocco.
15 January 2023
Following the closure of the Erasmus+ EduBioMed project, on capacity building for education and research applied to Mediterranean biosphere reserves, UNESCOMED has taken up its baton and its motto: "It's time to learn from biosphere reserves".
Therefore, from the UNESCOMED website, an interactive platform for the exchange of knowledge on Mediterranean biosphere reserves, we are launching a new series of training videos on biosphere reserves as part of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) produced in the framework of the EduBioMed project.
The series of short videos, which includes an initial inspirational lecture and 28 educational talks organised in 5 ...
14 December 2022
During the second semester of 2022, five new biosphere reserves have joined the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves' Network.
25 November 2022
On 23, 24 and 25 November, Castellet Castle became the meeting point for defining the future strategic lines of the Mediterranean Network of Biosphere Reserves (MedMaB).
This was the first face-to-face meeting of managers after the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing together more than 30 managers from 8 different countries.
Elena Salgado, chairlady of the Abertis Foundation and Georgina Flamme, director of the Abertis Foundation were present at the event along with Sagrario Arrieta, deputy director of the Autonomous Organisation of National Parks (OAPN) and Nöeline Raondry, director of the Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences at UNESCO, among other personalities.
