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Edited by UNESCO Montevideo 2003
Issues of Local and Global Use of Water from the Amazon
Editors: Aragón, L. and Clüsener-Godt, M.
Language: English

Edited by UNESCO Doha Office, November 2003
This report and the fact-finding mission received generous financial support from UNESCO's Division of Ecological Sciences and UNESCO's Coastal zone and Small Islands platform.
Language: English
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Published by UNESCO-MAB, July 2003.
The Seville Strategy recommends that "the establishment of transboundary biosphere reserves be encouraged, as a means for dealing with the conservation of organisms, ecosystems and genetic resources that cross national boundaries". In 2000, the MAB ICC adopted a set of Recommendation for the establishment and functioning of transboundary biosphere reserves. This publication aims at giving an insight into the experience of the first five-transboundary biosphere reserves - all of which are located in Europe - to guide other countries. It is based on the findings of field studies by two MAB consultants in 2000-2001.
Language: English
Limited copies available from the MAB Secretariat

Proceedings of the International Workshop held in Kunming and Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve, People’s Republic of China, 17–20 February 2003
Published by: UNESCO-MAB
Language: English

Published by: UNESCO-UNCCD, 2003
This educational kit, launched in collaboration with the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), is principally targeted to teachers of primary school education and their pupils, aged 10-12 years old.
Published by: UNESCO-UNCCD
Language: English / French / Spanish ... at UNESCO’s online catalogue
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Proceedings of the International Workshop held on 2 and 3 May 2002 in Aleppo - Syria
Published by:UNESCO-MAB
MAB Drylands Series N°2
Language: English
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Published by: UNESCO-MAB Egypt, 2002
Language: Arabic/English
For hard copies contact Prof. Samir I. Ghabbour, MAB Egypt

Memorial Issue
Published by: UNESCO-MAB Egypt, 2002
Language: Arabic/English
For hard copies contact Prof. Samir I. Ghabbour, MAB Egypt

Published by: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany 2002
Biosphere reserves not only provide examples and good practices, which may be illustrative for how
the Convention on Biological Diversity may be implemented. It is this but it is more: Biosphere reserves can and should be used to as tools for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Awareness is growing about the links between the two concepts. Needed are now ideas and strategies
for how biosphere reserves can fulfil their role in implementing the Convention.
Language: English

Published by: UNESCO 2002
This publication is the result of a 15-years project started in 1987 in the region of Mananara-Nord (Madagascar). It has been implemented by the Division of Ecological Sciences in co-operation with the National Association for the Management of Protected Areas (ANGAP). The main goal of this project is to merge nature conservation, buffer zone development and participation of local communities in the management of large areas in the Northeast of the island, and to integrate conservation of tropical forests with sustainable development. More
Language: French

Published by UNESCO - February 2002.
This publication presents an overview of the biosphere reserve concept and its implementation. It has been prepared in 2000-2001 by the UNESCO-MAB Secretariat, as part of activities to mark the 30th anniversary of the MAB Programme. Click here for detailed information on its content and on how to order the book.
Language: English / French

Published by UNESCO-MAB, August 2002.
This brochure explains the biosphere reserve concept, how they can be a tool for integrated management and provide some best examples of the Ecosystem Approach, adopted by the Convention of Biological Diversity.
Available online in English and in French.
For hard copies, please contact the MAB Secretariat.

Proceedings of the International Seminar held from 30 October to 4 November 2000 in N ’Djamena - CHAD
Published by:UNESCO-MAB
MAB Drylands Series N°1
Language: English / French
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Published by:UNESCO-MAB, 2002
The United Nations has declared year 2002 as the International Year of Ecotourism (IYE) with the purpose to review ecotourism experiences around the world, in order to consolidate tools and institutional frameworks that ensure its sustainable future development.
Language: English / French

Published by:UNESCO-MAB, 2002
The UNESCO - Cousteau Ecotechnie Programme is an international initiative to promote interdisciplinary education, research and policy-making in the field of environment and development. The UCEP brochure outlines the main features of UCEP and the activities of its many partners. In English.
For hard copies, please contact the MAB Secretariat.

Published by:UNESCO-MAB, 2002
This UNESCO/MAB volume is an initiative based on the consideration that implementing the Seville Strategy demands validation and linking up of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Technologies, with appropriate scientific inputs. More information on the UNESCO New Dehli website.

Editor: P.S. Ramakrishnan; R.K. Rai; R.P.S. Katawal; S. Mehndiratta UNESCO/Oxford & IBH Publishing, New Delhi 536 pp., Colour Plates

The MAB book series was launched in order to better communicate results from the MAB Programme. Primarily aimed at upper level university students, scientists and resource managers. For hard copies, click here.
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Volume 28 - Freshwater wetlands and their sustainable future - a case study of Trebon Basin Biosphere Reserve, Czech Republic
Edited by J. Kvet, J. Jeník and L. Soukupová, 2002

The People and Plants Handbook is a source of information on applying ethnobotany to conservation and community development. The handbook is a publication of the WWF-UNESCO-Kew People and Plants Initiative.
For hardcopies in English or Spanish, please contact the MAB Secretariat.
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Issue 8 - News from People and Plants. Martin Walters, editor, August 2002.

Published by ORCYT - UNESCO, 2001
Editor: Gonzalo Halffter, Claudia E. Moreno y Eduardo O. Pineda
Language: Spanish

This publication was issued at the occasion of the
30th Anniversary of the MAB Programme. It presents the six biosphere reserves in Cuba and one of the objectives is to promote the establishment of new biosphere reserves in Cuba. By M. Herrera Alvárez. 2001 (53 pp.)

Published by:UNESCO-MAB, 2000
The Ecosystem Approach has been adopted by the Conference of the Parties of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) as the primary framework for action under the Convention. This booklet has been prepared for consideration by the Conference of Parties at its fifth meeting in May 2000 in Nairobi.
In English / French / Spanish.

Published by:UNESCO-MAB, 2000
Publications issued from the International Symposium, Paris, 20-22 March 1996
Scientific Editors: Michel Servant,
Simone Servant-Vildary
UNESCO 2000. ISBN 92-3-203053-X
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