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News Elige Innovar Award closes its third edition with the presentation of its winners12 January 2023
News Iberian transboundary biosphere reserves get together to find potential solutions to challenges of shared management30 November 2022
News Call for papers: The contribution of UNESCO sites to fire management in the face of climate change emergency1 February 2022
News Local communities propose nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change impacts in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile23 August 2021
News Biosphere reserves of Ibero-America and the Caribbean adopt Action Plan for 2018-202514 May 2018
News Cuba's biosphere reserves present key results of biodiversity and climate change management and issue commemorative stamps7 July 2017