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 ...

A new publication is available on the UNESCO Digital Library: "Our Biosphere, Our Future: local actions for the Sustainable Development Goals".

The 100-pages document collects experiences of good practices, initiatives and success stories for the implementation of the SDGs in Biosphere Reserves from all around the world.

• This centre, in operation since 2015 and located in the town of Castellet i la Gornal, Barcelona, will allow further progress in promoting sustainability in Mediterranean environments 
• Spain is the first country in the world in the number of these declared areas, with a total of 52 Biosphere Reserves

• The study will focus on the recovery of the natural areas that have been affected by the effects of the "Gloria" storm this week.
• The Terres de l'Ebre Biosphere Reserve has a high biodiversity, and includes one of the most important wetlands of the Mediterranean, the Ebro Delta.
• The UNESCO International Centre, headquarters of the Foundation, is a centre for the dissemination of ideas, projects and knowledge, dedicated to the sustainable management of natural and cultural heritage.