“The Po Delta is proof that humans can work with nature, not against it,” states Pako Massaro, manager of the Po Delta Biosphere Reserve. At the 4th Mediterranean Biosphere Reserve Managers’ Meeting, held on 29–30 May 2025 at the International Centre for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves (UNESCOMED), the Po Delta Biosphere reserve stood out as a model for climate adaptation and human–nature synergy. Organized under the theme “Towards a Resilient Mediterranean: The Contribution of Biosphere Reserves to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation”, the meeting gathered managers and stakeholders from across the MedMAB Network to share best practices and ...

On 29–30 May 2025, the International Centre for the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves (UNESCOMED) hosted the 4th Mediterranean Biosphere Reserve Managers’ Meeting under the theme: "Towards a Resilient Mediterranean: The Contribution of Biosphere Reserves to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation." 

This well-established forum brought together managers and stakeholders from the MedMAB Network to exchange experiences and foster joint action. Georgina Flamme from the Abertis Foundation inaugurated the meeting, highlighting the importance of public-private collaboration in tackling shared challenges such as climate change. The opening session also featured an intervention by Natalia Beltrán, representing Spain’s Autonomous National Parks ...

Antonio Abreu Highlights the Role of Biosphere Reserves in Climate Action at #MedMaB 2025 

At the 4th Meeting of the Mediterranean Network of Biosphere Reserve Managers (MedMAB), Antonio Abreu, Director of the Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences at UNESCO, delivered a compelling address on the crucial role Biosphere Reserves play in climate change adaptation and mitigation—particularly in the Mediterranean, a region warming faster than the global average. 

Abreu underscored the unique value of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in offering climate solutions that are deeply rooted in the interaction between people and nature. He noted that, as ...

Biosphere Reserves serve as living laboratories where sustainable development is actively tested and demonstrated, balancing biodiversity conservation with socioeconomic progress. This approach is particularly relevant in the Mediterranean region, where environmental pressures like climate change and biodiversity loss are intensifying. The MedMAB Network and the UNESCOMED Centre play a key role in fostering collaboration and innovation across the region’s BR, supporting local activities that integrate nature-based solutions with community wellbeing.  

As part of the RES-MAB project, two researchers based at the International University Campus for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves – Melina Mekic (UAB) and Marta Rovira (CTFC) – visited Morocco’s ...

Three Biosphere Reserves from the MedMAB network (Gorges du Gardon BR, Falasorma Dui Sevi BR, and Cévennes BR) and the CTFC, as UNESCOMED Center, are proud to participate as partners in the new European LIFE Biospher’Adapt project, which brings together Biosphere Reserves across France to address the urgent challenge of climate change adaptation. 

Coordinated by MAB France, the project gathers 11 partners and one associated partner and was officially launched with a kick-off meeting held on March 11–13, where Roser Maneja and Mari Carmen Romera participated as representatives of UNESCOMED Center, reinforcing the network’s active role from the very ...

The Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (JMBR), located in the Kesrouan District of Lebanon, on the shoulders of the western slopes of the Mount Lebanon chain, overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the West. It covers an area of 6500 hectares, at an altitude ranging between 350 meters in the North-West and 1,700 meters to the South-East. UNESCOMED Center, the headquarters of Abertis Foundation, talked to President Association for the Protection of Jabal Moussa about the role of Biosphere Reserves in conflict zones and these were their answer