The establishment of relationships and new contacts at the international and Mediterranean level to strengthen institutional links is key to the proper functioning of the Mediterranean network of biosphere reserves (MedMaB Network); in addition to promoting relations of cooperation and trust between the territories that make up the MedMaB Network and the UNESCOMED center.

The new strategic plan of the UNESCOMED Center for the 2022-2024 period has as one of its four strategic objectives the strengthening of relations and cooperation between Mediterranean biosphere reserves. Within this framework, the drive to strengthen relations between Mediterranean biosphere reserves has resulted in the adhesion to the UNESCOMED Center and the MedMaB Network of five new biosphere reserves, four of them Spanish and one Algerian:

• Cabriel Valley RB - Spain
• RB Belezma - Algeria
• RB Alto Bernesga - Spain
• RB Ordesa Viñamala - Spain
• Alto Turia RB - Spain

Over the next few months we will introduce in more detail the reserves recently joined the MedMaB Network.