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Thinking globally and innovating in our biosphere reserves.
The Biosphere Reserve Showcase is a document that highlights the achievements of each BR and CBRA over the past 4 years : For more information…
These are but a few of the interesting and viable projects that the Canada’s biosphere reserves are working on. These communities are role models, living laboratories, of how sustainable development can be [...]
All Canadian Biosphere Reserves are invited to attend the 52nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO which will be held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre in Ottawa from Thursday, 10 May to Saturday, 12 May 2012.
It has been decided that the theme of this year’s AGM will be “Reflections on [...]
There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of [...]
Today countries around the world are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program. The MAB is an intergovernmental scientific program aimed at establishing the scientific basis for improving the relationship between man and nature. This notion may seem simple conceptually, but it [...]
The Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Association’s weekend of celebrations, has happened! We celebrated the UNESCO designation of the Bras d’Or lake and its watershed as a Man and the Biosphere Reserve that happend this past June 2011.
There were events all over the biosphere reserve put on by community groups as well as the Bras d’Or [...]
On Thursday August 19th, RMBR was presented the Riding Mountain Award of Excellence by Riding Mountain National Park Superintendent Cheryl Penny. The award recognized RMBR for fostering a culture of conservation in the Riding Mountain Region, for working with residents and schools around the park, delivering various programs workshops & international [...]
The 23rd session of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Programme “Man and the Biosphere” has taken place in the city of Dresden from 28 June to 1 July 2011. The MAB ICC has added 18 new biosphere reserves (including Bras d’Or Lake) to the World Network, issued recommendations on periodic review reports of biosphere [...]
Parry Sound (ON): The eastern shore of Georgian Bay is widely known as the 30,000 Islands – but the fact that this region is acknowledged as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve might not be that well known. That is a starting point for Robin Marwege, the intern from Germany who has worked with the Georgian [...]
On July 8th, at noon Sweden local time, UNESCO selected Canada to host the biennial EuroMAB conference in 2013. It was during of closing of the EuroMAB 2011 conference in Lundsbrunn, Sweden that Ms Meriem Bouamrane, Programme Specialist for MAB (Man and the Biosphere) made the announcement. Noting the strengths of Canada’s submission, Ms. Bouamrane [...]