Binding: Paperback
Description: Unesco Biosphere Reserves (B Rs) are designated areas in geographical regions of global socio - ecological significance. This definitive book shows their global relevance and contribution to environmental protection biocultural diversity and education. Initiated in the 1970s as part of Unesco's Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme B Rs share a set of common objectives to support and demonstrate a balance between biodiversity conservation sustainable development and research. The world's 701 B Rs form an international intergovernmental network to support the aims of sustainability science but this purpose has not always been widely understood. In three distinct sections the book starts by outlining the origins of B Rs and the MAB Programme showing how they contribute to advancing sustainable development. The second section documents the evolution of B Rs around the world including case studies from each of the five Unesco world regions. Each case study demonstrates how conservation sustainable development and the role of scientific research have been interpreted locally. The book concludes by discussing thematic lessons to help understand the challenges and opportunities associated with sustainability science providing a unique platform from which lessons can be learned. This includes how concepts become actions on the ground and how ideas can be taken up across sites at differing scales. This book will be of great interest to professionals engaged in conservation and sustainable development NG Os policy - makers and advanced students in environmental management ecology sustainability science environmental anthropology and geography.
Title: Unesco Biosphere Reserves Supporting Biocultural Diversity Sustainability And Society
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138369320
Pages: 362 Pages, 19 Tables, Black And White; 6 Line Drawings, Black And White; 33 Halftones, Black And Whi
Publication Date: 9/6/2019
Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
Category: Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology