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The role and contribution of educational activities in UNESCO Mountain Biosphere Reserves – Gower et. al, 2022

The role and contribution of educational activities in UNESCO Mountain Biosphere Reserves – Gower et. al, 2022
The provision of educational activity in BRs is officially guided by Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), a UNESCO endorsed education programme. However, the independence accorded to BRs, and the diversity of circumstances they represent, mean they also innovate educational activities to reflect local characteristics. In addition, the ways in which Mountain Biosphere Reserves (MBRs), specifically,…
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Updates to the EuroMab Literature Database 2021-2022 – Gledhill, 2022

Updates to the EuroMab Literature Database 2021-2022 – Gledhill, 2022
The EuroMab Literature Database starting in 2021 has had significant updates to the overall database. This article details the significant updates and changes that has occurred to the database during 2021 to March 2022 period. [pdf-embedder url="http://biospherejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-Updates-to-the-EuroMab-Literature-Database-2021-2022.pdf" title="1-Updates to the EuroMab Literature Database 2021-2022"]
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Feature Article – Space2Place – An E-Learning Module to Empower Stakeholders of UNESCO Sites – Matusch et al. 2018

Feature Article – Space2Place – An E-Learning Module to Empower Stakeholders of UNESCO Sites – Matusch et al. 2018
With World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Global Geoparks, the UNESCO has declared a huge variety of places that are worth being preserved in almost all countries. An increasing number of these sites are “in Danger”, being affected by environmental processes, or impacted by climate change and human devastation. The adaptive e-learning module Space2Place gives…
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Poaching in the Mount Elgon Trans-Boundary Ecosystem – Shikuku et al. 2018

Poaching in the Mount Elgon Trans-Boundary Ecosystem – Shikuku et al. 2018
This article assesses poaching in the Mount Elgon trans-boundary eco-system. The study employed a social survey research design. One hundred households were sampled and interviewed using questionnaires. Secondary data was collected from KWS and UWA wildlife offices and key informants in Kenya and Uganda. Household survey results showed that the wildlife class mostly targeted in…
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Feature Article

Feature Article
Sustaining Home is the companion eBook for Striking Balance— an 8x50 minute documentary series that goes coast to coast — combining aerial, motion capture time-lapse, and nature photography to create a stunning picture of Canada’s biosphere reserves. Sustaining Home delves even deeper into our biosphere reserves - getting at the heart of what biosphere reserves…
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Land Crab Management in Hoi An Biosphere Reserve – Thao et al.

Land Crab Management in Hoi An Biosphere Reserve – Thao et al.
Land crabs, Gecarcoidea lalandii, native to forest and tidal areas, are considered a tropic factor sustaining the food chain and food web in marine-mountain ecosystem/ecotone, and a valuable source of nutrition for tourism and livelihood development. Land crab populations are used as indicators for forest and marine ecosystems health and are considered a contributing factor…
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Citizen Science in the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere – Hatcher

Citizen Science in the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere – Hatcher
The Bras d‘Or Lake and watershed is a 3,566 km2 region of forest, freshwater and marine ecosystems in the centre of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The estuary occupies 31% of the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere and the watershed is thinly populated, with about 6 human residents per square kilometer (2006 census). The evolving…
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UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Management Evaluation – Matar & Anthony

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Management Evaluation – Matar & Anthony
This article provides the first comprehensive review of the discourse evolution of UNESCO Biosphere Reserve evaluation, relative to the general discourse of Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME) evaluation. Using literature review and content analysis, it addresses two main research questions: (1) In light of recent literature, is it still relevant and important to evaluate protected…
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