Two are the projects that will be awarded 10´000€ each by the UNESCO International Center for the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves, after the Call for Joint Proposals which aim is to promote across-borders collaboration between different territories within the Network.

he UNESCO International Centre for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves (CIURBN), based at the headquarters of the Abertis Foundation in Castellet Castle (Barcelona), has incorporated two new reserves into its international network – the protected areas of Dana and Mujib in Jordan -, thus further illustrating its commitment to cooperation between both coastlines of the Mediterranean.

The UNESCO International Centre for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves (CIURBN) and the headquarters of the Abertis Foundation are continuing to foster collaboration between the various European networks.

ICTA-UAB researcher Roser Maneja, from the Conservation, Biodiversity and Global Change group attended the Geneva Lake Workshop, organized in Lausanne (Switzerland) by UNESCO. Roser Maneja was invited as representative of the International Centre for the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves, one of the UNESCO Category 2 Centers (C2Cs). The workshop developed the discussions held in Geneva during the Conference ‘Mobilizing UNESCO Chairs in the Natural Sciences for Policy Action towards the 2030 Agenda’ (5-7 July 2017) and on the ‘Geneva Milestone’ outcome document endorsed on that occasion.