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

Biosphere Reserves are some of the most biologically diverse and important protected areas in the world—but what exactly makes them so unique? What kinds of reserves exist across the world—and how can ...

UNESCO’s publication Pockets of Hope: Biosphere Reserves in South and Central Asia highlights inspiring examples of how biosphere reserves contribute to biodiversity conservation while supporting ...

An EL PAÍS/Planeta Futuro investigation exposes plans to open timber transport roads in a tropical forest connected to the Yangambi Man and Biosphere Reserve. The area, in northeastern DRC, is a ...

The Río San Juan Biosphere Reserve in Nicaragua encompasses some 1.8 million hectares, as well as smaller protected areas such as Indio Maíz Biological Reserve, Los Guatuzos Wildlife Refuge, the ...

Costa Rica has a wealth of biosphere reserves, and the number is likely to rise in the future. This is the country’s, and UNESCO’s, way of preserving areas of natural beauty in the country. On this ...

Alleging that the Great Nicobar Island Project is being bulldozed through by the Modi government, Congress leader Jairam ...

PARIS, France, June 16, 2023 (ENS) – UNESCO has approved the designation of 10 new biosphere reserves in nine countries, and one transboundary biosphere reserve that stretches across the border ...

The Berezinsky Reserve in Belarus is one of the few corners of the European portion of the southern taiga that is in pristine condition. Denis Ivkovich/Unesco, Fourni par l'auteur Biodiversity ...