MAB Biosphere Reserves A global network of internationally
recognized places dedicated to demonstrating innovative
approaches to sustainable development Biosphere reserves are
areas of terrestrial and coastal marine ecosystems,
internationally recognized under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere
Programme, which innovate and demonstrate approaches to
conservation and sustainable development. Biosphere Reserves are
designed to promote and demonstrate a balanced relationship
between people and nature. They are nominated by national
governments and remain under the sovereign jurisdiction of the
States where they are situated.1 The Man and the Biosphere
programme was launched in the early 1970s for the improvement of
the relationship between people and their environment. The
concept of biosphere reserves was originated in 1974 by a Task
Force of UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Programme, and the Biosphere
reserve network was launched two years later. This World Network
of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) serve three different fun