The Journal of  protected mountain areas research and management publishes an article on governance processes in the Arganareda Biosphere Reserve in Morocco. The results of the research point to a complex network of actors in the Reserve and the importance of informal collaboration networks in the development of action plans.

Two new sections, Events and Multimedia, are now available on the UNESCOMED center’s website to reinforce our contribution in the dissemination and exchange of knowledge related to the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves. We invite you to check upcoming and past events, and to contact us in case you want to announce your events in our website.

Edu-BioMed partners have drafted a set of guidelines for Mediterranean Higher Education Institutions with the aim to further build their capacity to provide education in and around the topic of Biosphere Reserves and set the basis for future curricula development opportunities.

After the pause imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the students of the ICTA-UAB Master of Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability were welcomed again in the Castellet Castle for the inauguration of the new academic year of the International University Campus for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves.

El pasado día 20 de octubre nuestra directora científica, la Dra. Roser Maneja, presentó el centro UNESCOMED y la MedMaB como ejemplo de red de reservas de la biosfera durante el seminario “Las Reservas de la Biosfera y la Sostenibilidad”, en el que también participaron el Dr. Miguel Clusener-Godt y el Dr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza.

During 2021, UNESCO's MaB Programme is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the theme It's about life! As a result of the restrictions due to the COVID19 pandemic, many activities planned for this year have been delayed. Therefore, the International Coordinating Council of the MaB Programme has decided to extend the celebration during 2022.

The newspaper ABC publishes an article about the International Center for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves. In addition to the information on UNESCOMED, an interview with Roser Maneja, Martí Boada and Miguel Clüsener-Godt, experts from the Unesco MaB program, is published on the 50th anniversary of the program.

The first detailed draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework has been recently released by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. It establishes 21 targets to be achieved in 2030, in order to reduce threats to biodiversity and to respond to the needs of the population through sustainable and equitable management of the natural resources. It also provides the tools to effectively implement these measures. 

One of the goals to reduce threats to biodiversity is to ensure the conservation of at least 30% of the world's land and marine areas, especially those of particular importance to biodiversity and its essential services to people. It is proposed that they should be conserved through effective, ecologically ...