UNESCO has adopted a new 10-year strategy for its 759 biosphere reserves, set to kick in next year. The Hangzhou Strategic ...

The Reserves are governed in a way that Man and the biosphere he needs to survive can do so for as long as we humans live on ...

Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh becomes India’s first cold desert added to UNESCO’s Global Biosphere Map, highlighting its ...

Plants adapt the growth of their roots and shoots differently in response to environmental changes, according to a study involving the Ecological-Botanical Garden (ÖBG) at the University of Bayreuth.

The decision to include India’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in the WNBR was taken at the 37th session of UNESCO’s International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) held in Paris ...

An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70 percent of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast ...

India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, perched high in the trans-Himalayan region, is among the 26 new biosphere reserves across several countries, designated by UNESCO, the world body announced on ...

The 26 new Unesco-designated biosphere reserves are home to some of the planet's richest and most fragile ecosystems.

Guided by the Hangzhou Strategic Plan, Asia-Pacific biosphere reserves are committed to strengthening data-sharing, capacity-building, and inclusive governance, while engaging youth and women as ...