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.

Recently and coinciding with the Day of Biosphere Reserves, last November 3 several Spanish media have echoed the activities developed at the UNESCO International Centre for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves as well as the Network of Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves (RRBBMed). In the news and articles dedicated to the dissemination of this project, the press has highlighted the importance and functions of Biosphere Reserves