Winning projects announced for the 'Mitigation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on island and coastal biosphere reserves' call 13/01/2021 Share this article In order to foster island and coastal biosphere reserves as sites applying innovative solutions in response to the pandemic, the World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves (WNICBR) launched a call for projects aimed at mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this territories. Up to four projects are to be granted with a maximum amount of 15.000 USD each, to be implemented by the end of 2021. Thirty-two proposals from 17 countries were received, and the good quality of these demonstrate that the WNICBR is a dynamic and active network with great potential to develop interesting initiatives and resilient models to address the current crisis.