About the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) The MAB
Programme develops the basis within the natural and social
sciences for the rational and sustainable use and conservation
of the resources of the biosphere and for the improvement of the
overall relationship between people and their environment. It
predicts the consequences of today’s actions on tomorrow’s world
and thereby increases people’s ability to efficiently manage
natural resources for the well-being of both human populations
and the environment. By focusing on sites internationally
recognized within the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, the
MAB Programme strives to: - identify and assess the changes in
the biosphere resulting from human and natural activities and
the effects of these changes on humans and the environment, in
particular in the context of climate change; - study and compare
the dynamic interrelationships between natural/near-natural
ecosystems and socio-economic processes, in particular in the
context of accelerated loss of bio