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N°7 July 2008
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Welcome to the electronic newsletter of the
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme and its World Network of
Biosphere Reserves!
Biosphere reserves are sites which seek to reconcile
socioeconomic development, and conservation of biodiversity based
on local community efforts and sound science. They constitute ideal
places to test and demonstrate new approaches to sustainable development
at a regional scale providing lessons which can be applied elsewhere.
This newsletter provides a regular overview
of new initiatives, events and publications related to the biosphere
reserve activities and scientific achievements of the MAB Programme.
In this
issue
 Sustainable
Management of the Dominican Republic's Only Biosphere Reserve
Building
Capacity in Dryland Biosphere Reserves in West Africa
International
Cooperation between Biosphere Reserves Strengthened
Sound Tourism Development in Biosphere Reserves in Central and Eastern
Europe
Education
Kit on Combating Desertification
Towards
Joint Transboundary Management of the Marin Lagoon
Kruger
to Canyon Biosphere Reserve Celebrates the International Biodiversity
Day
VIII
Meeting of the East Atlantic Biosphere Reserve Network (REDBIOS)
Training
Programme on Regional Ocean Governance New Publications
New
Publications
News
Sustainable Management
of the Dominican Republic's Only Biosphere Reserve
The Government of the Dominican Republic and the Spanish Agency
for International Cooperation for Development extended the project
"Araucaria" in the Dominican Republic for four years; this project
sets out actions to ensure the sustainable management of the unique
biosphere reserve in the country, the Jaragua-Bahoruca-Enriquillo
Biosphere Reserve. More
Contact: glomasanta@hotmail.com
Building Capacity in Dryland
Biosphere Reserves in West Africa
The UNESCO-MAB/UNEP-GEF regional programme, which includes six biosphere
reserves in West Africa, aims to improve the understanding of the
interactions between societies and savannas in order to facilitate
dialogue between the various stakeholders intervening in biosphere
reserves. The closing meeting of the project, held in Paris in June
2008, highlighted the major achievements and constraints of the
project. More
Contact: m.bouamrane@unesco.org
International Cooperation
Between Biosphere Reserves Strengthened
A memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the South
African Kruger to Canyon and German Rhön Biosphere Reserve was signed
during the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
on Biodiversity, held in Bonn, Germany in May 2008. More
Contact : doris.pokorny@brrhoenbayern.de
Sound Tourism Development
in Biosphere Reserves in Central and Eastern Europe
A recent project "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
through Sound Tourism Development in Biosphere Reserves in Central
and Eastern Europe" demonstrates the ways in which local development
related to tourism can contribute to both conservation and development
goals in three biosphere reserves: Babia Gora (Poland), Aggtelek
(Hungary) and Šumava (Czech Republic). More
Contact : m.meyer@oete.de; p.pypaert@unesco.org
Education Kit on Combating
Desertification
The web-based and interactive Education Kit on Combating Desertification
principally targets primary school teachers and their pupils, aged
10-12 years, in desertification-affected countries. It explains
that desertification is not inevitable and that everyone has a role
to play in sustainably managing the world's drylands. More
Contact: t.schaaf@unesco.org
More news on the MABNet
Events
Towards Joint Transboundary
Management of the Marín Lagoon
Laguna Merín shares 18% of its surface with Uruguay and 82% with
Brazil. Each country has incorporated the lagoon in its biosphere
reserve: Bañados del Este in Uruguay and Mata Atlântica in Brazil.
In a recent meeting, the two countries discussed the directions
of a joint transboundary management of the lagoon. More
Contact : eschuettler@unesco.org.uy; c.karez@unesco.org
Kruger to Canyon Biosphere
Reserve Celebrates the International Biodiversity Day
A video on Biodiversity Day in this South African biosphere reserve
was exclusively screened at the meeting of the Convention on Biological
Diversity in the context of the Biodiversity day celebrations to
link the level of local action with global decision making. More
Contact: info@ottersden.co.za
VIII Meeting of the East
Atlantic Biosphere Reserve Network (REDBIOS)
The VIII REDBIOS Meeting is to take place from 22 to 25 July 2008
in Azores, Portugal. Its aim is to focus on the implementation of
the Madrid Action Plan and the Madrid Declaration, adopted during
the 3rd World Congress of Biosphere Reserves. More
Contact: m.clusener-godt@uensco.org
Training Programme on Regional
Ocean Governance
Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance will be held in
Malta from 16 November to 19 December 2008. Some scholarships are
available for suitable applicants from the course target countries
(especially developing countries around the Mediterranean, Black,
Caspian and Baltic Seas). The deadline for applications is 15 September
2008. More
Contact: ioimaltacourse@capemalta.net
Future events on the MABNet
Publications
National
and regional newsletters
More publications on the MABNet
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to next issues of the Newsletter!
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