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On November 17, 2021, an important meeting that had been postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic became a reality: the National Workshop on Cuba's Biosphere Reserves, which brought together in Havana, in person and virtually, the managers of the six biosp

This November 17, 2021, UNESCO celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) "It's about Life!"On this occasion, our UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Vik Muniz traveled to Paris to present his work "Wild Flowers, Summer 1915

Rwanda has been selected as a Pioneer Country for the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance, co-chaired by the United Kingdom and Fiji. The country was chosen due to its strong track record of effectively utilising climate finance and its bold vision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 38% by 2030, and become a climate resilient and Net Zero economy by 2050. The announcement was made at the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

To examine the impact of a warmer and wetter climate in High Mountain Asia, Professor Lu Xixi and Dr Dongfeng Li from the Department of Geography at the Nationa

Yili has announced its latest biodiversity protection initiatives, the “Save Endangered Asian Elephants” and “Smart Grasslands” projects.

Vietnam called for efforts and engagement of all countries in dealing with plastic pollution and ocean waste during the opening of the 25th Intergovernmental Meeting of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (IGM 25) on September 8.

Expansion of rubber plantations in north-eastern Cambodia: Green tones are forest areas, beige to brown tones are annual crops, and orange to dark red tones are rubber plantationsOver the past half century, countries of South and Southeast Asia have witnessed a major shift from predominantly subsistence agriculture to industrialized economies.

Doi Chiang Dao, Thailand's third-highest peak and part of a karst geological mountain range in Chiang Mai, has been listed as a new biosphere reserve.

Việt Nam’s two biosphere reserves of Núi Chúa and Kon Hà Nừng have received UNESCO recognition after a vote at the ongoing meeting in Nigeria.

Two biosphere reserves which are Nui Chua in the central province of Ninh Thuan and Kon Ha Nung in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have earned UNESCO recognition.