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National Network of Biosphere Reserves is strengthened in Cuba
On November 17 2021 an important meeting that had been postponed by the COVID19 pandemic became a reality the National Workshop on Cubas Biosphere Reserves which brought together in Havana in person and virtually the managers of the six biosphere reserves in the country Since the official visit to Cuba of the Director General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay in December 2019 it had been agreed to hold this event under the auspices of this organization Thanks to the joint efforts of the Cuban Ministry of Science Technology and Environment CITMA its Environment Agency AMA together with the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO CNCU and UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in America Latin America and the Caribbean it was possible to materialize this important meeting in a very special context the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of Man and the Biosphere MaB Programme as Tatiana Villegas Officer in Charge of UNESCO Office recalled in her opening remarks also highlighting that