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Biosphere Foundation

Since 2003, the not-for-profit Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation has worked with the community to create a ...
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What is a Biosphere Reserve?

Biosphere reserves are sites recognised under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO's) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) ...
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October 14, 2021

UNESCO steps up efforts for biodiversity conservation with the designation of 20 new biosphere reserves

UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme today added 20 new sites, in 21 countries to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which now numbers 727 biosphere reserves in 131 countries, including 22 transboundary sites. UNESCO Biosphere reserves now cover…