The establishment of relationships and new contacts at the international and Mediterranean level to strengthen institutional links is key to the proper functioning of the Mediterranean network of biosphere reserves (MedMaB Network); in addition to promoting relations of cooperation and trust between the territories that make up the MedMaB Network and the UNESCOMED center.
The new strategic plan of the UNESCOMED Center for the 2022-2024 period has as one of its four strategic objectives the strengthening of relations and cooperation between Mediterranean biosphere reserves. Within this framework, the drive to strengthen relations between Mediterranean biosphere reserves has resulted in the adhesion to the UNESCOMED Center and the MedMaB Network of five new biosphere reserves, four of them Spanish and one Algerian:
Over the next few months we will introduce in more detail the reserves recently joined the MedMaB Network.
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 ...
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.
7 November 2022
Within the framework of the International University Campus for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves, the UNESCOMED Center in collaboration with the managers of the Terres de l'Ebre RB and professors from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have received at the Terres de l'Ebre RB Ebre (RBTE), from November 4 to 6, to four groups of students of the Degree in Environmental Sciences of the UAB.
Coinciding with the celebration, on November 3, of the first International Day of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, four groups of UAB students carry out their final degree projects at the RBTE, where they will pursue studies ranging ...
