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Biosphere Reserves of Spain and Sao Tome and Principe sign a twinning agreement to share experiences in nature conservation and sustainable development

UNESCO Forum on Biodiversity: On the road to Kunming

Our Planet Our Future 50 Years of UNESCOs Man and the Biosphere programme On the road to Kunming 24 March 2021 from 100 to 530 pm The year 2021 is a crucial year for biodiversity during which new objectives and new commitments will be made for the coming decade UNESCO as a laboratory of ideas and a guardian organization of knowledge and knowhow respectful of biodiversity has an important role to play in helping to shape and fuel a dialogue on environmental challenges and their implications both ethical and for peace in the world This is the goal of its Biodiversity Forum which was held online on Wednesday 24 March 2021 from 100 pm The Biodiversity Forum welcomed prestigious guests from all over the world and various actors committed to the benefit of biodiversity Context objectives Programme Speakers Why UNESCO Partners The full video of the event is available online you can also watch the forum on FacebookEnglish Français Español Spanish is only available for the inaugural session while the full event is available in English and French YouTubeEnglish Français TwitterEnglish Français Photo Mustard and flower fields in Dong Chuan Kunming China © Shutterstockcom Context objectives Programme Speakers Why UNESCO Partners

UNESCO dialogue on Cultural and Natural Heritage for Rural Regeneration in Latin America and the Caribbean

The transformative power of cultural and natural heritage is increasingly recognized as a key enabler for sustainable development particularly in rural areas facing chronic economic social and environmental challenges

February 25, 2022

General Conference : 41st session

SC Commission – Natural Sciences and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

41st Session of the General Conference The SC Commission is meeting from 10 am on Monday 15 November until 1 pm on Wednesday 17 November 2021

September 30, 2021

Q&A with Prof. Boshra Salem, 1990 MAB Young Scientist Award laureate

Prof Boshra Salem was awarded the MAB Young Scientist Award in 1990 for the project Detection of temporal environmental changes in arid lands by remote sensing Case study North coastal desert of Egypt She is known for leading groundbreaking work on landuse changes in the Omayed Biosphere Reserve and for the Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands SUMAMAD project As an expert she has been part of MAB for more than 30 years first as a member and rapporteur for the Egyptian MAB National Committee and eventually as President of the MAB International Coordinating Council A career scientist she contributed to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment as one of the authors of the Desertification Synthesis Report and she sat on the Committee for Scientific Planning and Review at the International Science Council Prof Salem is the founder and manager of the Department of Environmental Science and its remote sensing laboratory at the University of Alexandria in Egypt She is now the dean of postgraduate Studies at the University of Alexandria

North-East Tobago declared as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

October 29, 2020

New secretariat of the World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves announced

December 7, 2021

UNESCO - EU Transcultura Programme extends until February 28 its Second Call for Applications for young Caribbean creative professionals

The Transcultura Programme Integrating Cuba the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity launched the Second Call for Applications to the Transcultura Scholarship Scheme in partnership with the University of West Indies Open Campus UWIOC It is a fully funded scheme supporting young artists and cultural professionals developing a career related to culture and creativity Candidates will have the opportunity to enroll in short capacitybuilding online and blended courses on Cultural and Creative Industries CCI offered by the Transcultura Regional Cultural Training Hub The Call has been extended to February 28 2022 This Call for Applications round 2 offers free access to blended courses conducted by the UWIOC for young Caribbeans within the cultural and creative sector enabling them to manage and develop their business ideas and projects The blended courses are part of the Transcultura Course Catalogue Small Business Management Effective management and Leadership Effective Business Communication Grant Proposal Writing Financial Monitoring and Evaluation Project Management Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Finance for NonFinance Manager Sales and Marketing Management Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Brand Management The Transcultura training opportunities are designed in both facetoface and online formats primarily in physical centres in Havana but also through partner institutions like the University of the West Indies and its Open Campus However given the need to address and adapt the capacitybuilding component of the Programme there are currently implemented exclusively in an online and blended format With this initiative Transcultura aims to deepen cultural cooperation in the Caribbean and strengthen peopletopeople cooperation by empowering young women and men as agents for sustainable development through capacity building in the cultural and creative industries seeking to boost entrepreneurship and innovation foster cooperation in the arts and culture sector and create exchanges and networks to enhance complementarity and knowledge sharing Transcultura is a fouryear Programme funded by the European Union and implemented by the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to become a Transcultura Fellow Learn more and apply here httpswwwopenuwiedutransculturascholarships

December 9, 2021

Honduras and Peru to chair the IberoMab Network until 2026

January 21, 2022

Young people of the Caribbean addressing the COVID-19 pandemic: The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Irice from Belize

August 12, 2020

Torres del Paine Biosphere Reserve: challenges of a new territory

The Torres del Paine Biosphere Reserve covers more than 770000 hectares between the Andes Mountains and the Patagonian Steppe in southern Chile facing the Atlantic coast It is an area of great scenic beauty with many ridges glaciers waterfalls rivers turquoise lakes and lagoons which receives more than 115000 visitors a year It faces increasingly complex challenges as a result of the rising flow of visitors to the region added to the effects of climate change such as the risks of forest fires and degradation A new book analyzes the challenges faced by the biosphere reserve just over 40 years since UNESCO recognized Torres del Paine National Park as a Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and following its expansion to adapt to the new criteria promoted by the Organization which was approved a few months ago The National Forestry Corporation CONAF in Magallanes Chile launched Reserva de Biosfera Torres del Paine Desafíos de un nuevo territorio pdf in Spanish on 12 August 2020

August 14, 2020

Korean Government Support BIOCOM Project for Madagascar (2020-2024)

August 25, 2020

The first International Day to Protect Education from Attack

On 9 September the world observed the first International Day to Protect Education from Attack that was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly last May Global leaders and celebrities from all walks of life stepped up support for actions against attacks on education during the commemorative highlevel virtual event organized by the State of Qatar UNESCO UNICEF and Education Above All Foundation

September 10, 2020