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New Biosphere Reserves
July 1 , 2022
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- UNESCO has approved the designation of 11 new biosphere reserves in 9 countries.
- It includes three countries for the first time: Chad, Georgia and Zambia.
- Two existing biosphere reserves in Spain have also been extended.
- With the new designations, the World Network of Biosphere Reserves totals 738 sites in 134 countries.
- These additions were decided by the 34th session of the International Co-ordinating Council.
- It is the governing body of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme.
- It is composed of 34 representatives of UNESCO Member States.
- The Council was meeting from 13 to 17 June at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris.
- The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme pioneered the idea of sustainable development.
- It was established by UNESCO in 1971 as an intergovernmental scientific programme.
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