UNESCOMED was present at the 21st meeting of the Council of Managers of the Spanish Network of Biosphere Reserves, which was held on 13-15 September 2022 in the Gran Canaria Biosphere Reserve.

UNESCOMED is an example of the importance of public-private collaboration and networking in research and management in UNESCO biosphere reserves.

The agreement aims to boost and energize the activities carried out in Mediterranean biosphere reserves, promoting sustainability in ecosystems and ensuring a balanced management of natural resources.

Coinciding with the renewal of this commitment, the general director of UNESCO inaugurated a multimedia and multi-format exhibition on biosphere reserves around the world, which the Abertis Foundation has sponsored as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Man andBiosphere Program (MaB), and which can be visited in the Joan Miró Park in Barcelona.

Thematic networks bring together biosphere reserves that share environmental, ecosystemic, geopolitical and cultural similarities. They provide valuable insights into sustainable development models, and the potential for mitigation and adaptation to global change through collaborative research, knowledge transfer and capacity building.

The World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves (WNMBR) was officially launched on 9 December 2021. After a peer consultation process with a wide range of mountain experts and mountain biosphere reserve managers has resulted in a draft roadmap for the implementation of the Network, in line with the Lima Action Plan.

Its governance model is similar to that of the ...

Declared by the United Nations in 2021, the International Day of Argania, a unique ecosystem in the world, is celebrated on 10 May every year. This year it will become a symbol of resilience during the 6th Arganier International Congress held in Agadir (Morocco) on 10-13 May 2022, in hybrid format (on-site and online).

The UNESCOMED Centre will be present both at the celebration of the 2nd International Day of Argania and at the inauguration and conferences of the 6th Arganier International Congress (6th CIA).

The different conferences and round tables can be followed live online on social networks and ...

The extensive report in the April issue of ABC's Natural supplement focuses this time on biosphere reserves as "Next Generation EU" territories. It highlights the unique opportunity that biosphere reserves represent to act as pilot territories encompassing today's unavoidable socio-environmental complexity. Biosphere reserves can be seen as living and dynamic laboratories where new approaches can be implemented, for example in the field of bioeconomy, thus becoming targets for investment by Next Generation EU funds.

In addition to the information on UNESCOMED, in the interview with Dr. Roser Maneja and Dr. Mari Carmen Romera, scientific and technical coordinators of the UNESCOMED ...