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Unesco Report
Twenty-three new biosphere reserves join UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) network
The Bureau of the International Co-ordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) has added 23 new reserves sites in 18 countries to its global network. The additions were made by the Bureau during its meeting from 18 to 20 September at Organization Headquarters in Paris.
Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes, Chile. Located in the south of the country, this site includes critical high mountain ecosystems and water resources. The coastal temperate rain forests of Chile and Argentina represent approximately 33% of this type of ecosystem in the world. The area is recognized by the World Resources Institute and WWF as a Global 200 Site, and as a hotspot by Conservation International. Local populations are engaged in ecotourism initiatives like trekking. The Biosphere Reserve is contiguous to Argentina’s Andino Norpatagonica Biosphere Reserve and there is potential for a transboundary Biosphere Reserve between the two countries.
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