Official Documents

• Report from the Focus Group Workshop, Berlin, Germany, 24-26 October 2002
• Questionnaire (August 2002) addressed to Biosphere Reserve Managers and Co-ordinators
• Report from first Task Force Meeting, 21 March 2002
• Background document prepared for the First Meeting of the MAB Task Force on the Development of Quality Economies in Biosphere Reserves, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 21 March 2002 (English / French)
• Terms of reference for the Task Force (Word / PDF)
• Basic Biosphere Reserve texts (Seville Strategy, Statutory Framework etc)

General

Quality Economy in Biosphere Reserves: an Effective Way Harmonizing Biodiversity Conservation and Economic Development. Paper by Task Force member Ms Wenjun Li, October 2004.

Labelling, branding and marketing of Biosphere Reserves goods and services

• Task Force Recommendations on National Biosphere Reserve Origin Labelling Schemes. Informal Draft (English / French). October 2004.
• Survey on cacao plantations (June 2004) addressed to Biosphere Reserve Managers and Co-ordinators. English / French / Spanish
  
• UNESCO, 2005. Report by the Director-General concerning the protection of the name and logo of UNESCO in the Member States. 171 EX/37, PARIS, 17 March 2005. (English / French / Spanish / Chinese / Russian / Arabic)
• Quality Economy Development in Biosphere Reserves: Promoting Local Organic/Green Products Through Using Reserve Labels. Report of the 6th Meeting of the Chinese Biosphere Reserves Network (CBRN), September 2004.
• Discussion paper on Research Needs and Policy Issues Related to the Establishment of a Labelling Scheme for Biosphere Reserve Goods and Services
• Pierre William JOHNSON, 2004. "Le commerce équitable au Mexique : Labels et autres dynamiques" (French / Spanish). Annexes (French / Spanish).
• La Palma Biosphere Reserve
  "Proyecto Leader +: Reserva Mundial de la Biosfera La Palma - Marca de Excelencia en la Calidad"
  - Plan de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Isla de La Palma
  - Anexos

Conservation finance

• Glen Jamieson, 2003. Efforts to fund and empower local communities in conservation of existing protected areas: the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve, British Columbia, example.
• Birgit Heinze, Gernot Bäurle & Gisela Stolpe (Eds.). 2001 Financial Instruments for Nature Conservation in Central and Eastern Europe. Proceedings of a seminar held at the International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm, Germany, 27-31 May 2001. BfN-Skripten 50. German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Bonn, 2001
• Dogsé, P.; von Droste, B., 1990. Debt-for-nature exchanges and biosphere reserves : experiences and potential. MAB Digest No. 5. UNESCO 1990. 88 pp. English, Spanish
  

Eco-jobs

Sustainable Tourism

• Belarus: Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve
  Sergey Babitsky, 2002. "Ecotourism in Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve - Belarus".
• China: Xilin Gol Biosphere Reserve
  Ms Zhang Qian, 2004. Eco-Tourism’s Role in Alleviating Over-Grazing in Xilin Gol Biosphere Reserve. MAB Young Scientists Award study.
• China: Tianmushan Biosphere Reserve
  Ms Wenjun Li, 2002. Management Indicators of Ecological Tourism in Tianmushan Biosphere Reserve. MAB Young Scientists Award study.
• China: Xilingol Biosphere Reserve
  Zhang Qian, 2002. The Status of Stockbreeding and Tourism In Xilingol Biosphere Reserve (College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871)
• Czech-Republic: Sumava Biosphere Reserve
  Silovsky, Cihar, Trebicky and Stankova, 2002. "Sumava Biosphere Reserve - The tourism potentials and impacts in protected mountain areas"
• Egypt: Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve
  Springuel, Irina and Ahmed Belal, 2001. "A Case study on Ecotourism in the Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve"
• Hungary: Aggtalek Biosphere Reserve
  Sándor, Judit and Zsuzsa Tolnay, 2002. "Tourism potentials and impacts in protected mountain areas - Aggtelek National Park", Aggteleki Nemzeti Park.
• Poland: Babia Gora Biosphere Reserve
  Tomasz Lamorski & Piotr Dabrowski, 2002. "Babia Góra National Park / Biosphere Reserve - Poland: Tourism and its impacts on biodiversity".
• Republic of Korea: Mt. Sorak Biosphere Reserve
  Mi-hee Kang , 2002. Tourism impacts and potential for ecotourism development in and around Mt. Sorak Biosphere Reserve. MAB Young Scientists Award study.
• Slovakia: Polana Biosphere Reserve
  Sorokova and Pichler, 2002. "The Tourism Potentials and Impacts in Protected Mountain Areas Polana Protected Landscape Area - Biosphere Reserve, Slovakia". Case study by Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia at the Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
• Spain: Lanzarote Biosphere Reserve
  Marcelo Hercowitz, 2001. The Lanzarote Society and Tourism’s Metabolism - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona, December 2001.
• Viet Nam: Can Gio Biosphere Reserve
  Ms Kim Thoa Le, 2004. Economic Distribution and Institutions in the Recreation and Tourism of Mangrove Biosphere Reserve: Case study of Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam. MAB Young Scientists Award study.
• Yugoslavia: Golija-Studenica Biosphere Reserve
  ''Golija-Studenica Biosphere Reserve - The tourism potentials and impacts in protected mountain areas"

Biosphere Reserves

• Case studies
• Questionnaire