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UNESCO and Spain have renewed their commitment to the International Centre on Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves

UNESCO and Spain have renewed their commitment to the International Centre on Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves

Meet UNESCO Experts

UNESCO experts share their experiences and tell you about the history of UNESCOs programs in education science culture and more

UNESCO x Guerlain Women for Bees programme celebrates World Bee Day

Women for Bees is a stateoftheart female beekeeping entrepreneurship programme launched by UNESCO and Guerlain Implemented in UNESCO designated biosphere reserves around the world the programme promotes womens empowerment together with biodiversity conservation and sustainable use

Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

International day

International Day of Light

Light plays a central role in our lives On the most fundamental level through photosynthesis light is at the origin of life itself

Culture and values

International day

International Day of Living Together in Peace

UNESCO calls upon stakeholders to expand programme developing roadmaps to harness science to the Sustainable Development Goals

UNESCO flying high at United Nations’ Science, Technology and Innovation Forum

The Seventh Annual MultiStakeholder Forum on Science Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals STI Forum is taking place from 5 to 6 May in New York in a hybrid format In addition to the main programme there have been a number of preevents and side events throughout the forum that have tackled issues ranging from disaster risk reduction to energysaving technologies such as Tiny Machine Learning and green hydrogen

Implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 41st session on 23 November 2021 The Recommendation affirms the importance of open science as a vital tool to improve the quality and accessibility of both scientific outputs and scientific process to bridge the science technology and innovation gaps between and within countries and to fulfill the human right of access to science

Biosphere reserve managers and experts to lead actions towards more sustainable mountain regions

Challenges and opportunities for science, technology and innovation in six African countries

Representatives of Congo Ghana Namibia Sierra Leone Tanzania and Zimbabwe reflected on their experiences from implementing and monitoring the 2017 UNESCO Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers RSSR at the fourth edition of the Africa Regional Science Technology and Innovation Forum in Kigali Rwanda on 1 March 2022