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A vision of African development that prioritizes people and nature

The firstever continentwide gathering of African leaders citizens and interest groups with a focus on protected areas is taking place in Kigali Rwanda from 18 to 23 July The overarching objective of the IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress is to foster dialogue and empower the current and the next generation of leaders to realize an African future in which biodiversity is valued as an essential component of development with greater understanding of the role that healthy ecosystems play in delivering the services that underpin human welfare and livelihoods

UNESCO and Spain have renewed their commitment to the International Centre on Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves

Angela Camargo: exploring animal-plant interactions in Latin America

Surviving where life is no longer possible

February 24, 2022

UNESCO Hosts Dutch Scientists for COVID detection using Honey Bees

A visit at ICIPE in Nairobi Kenya ©ICIPE

December 22, 2021

UNESCO publishes East African case studies on living heritage and climate change

A villager working at his plantation down from the Dam Eritrea ©Eritrean Commission for Culture and Sports

December 7, 2021

Training on Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Management in South Sudan

Group photo AI Training in Juba 10 September 2021 ©UNESCO

September 16, 2021

Alternative sources of income generating activities enable women to preserve the Waza Biosphere Reserve

Women in the villages of Andirni and Djermé some few kilometres away from Maroua in the Far North Region of Cameroon Lake Chad basin are now using environmentally friendly stoves made by themselves with local materials They now require less wood to cook and the stoves produce very little smoke making their kitchens more comfortable for them and also giving them more time for other chores instead of daily wood fetching for cooking

Asterousia Hybrid University: Promoting participation and involvement of key stakeholders in Biosphere Reserves

MAB summer universities which aim to provide training and develop knowledge on the importance of Biosphere Reserves as learning places for sustainable development have been run by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe and the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment Culture and Sustainable Development MIOECSDE in collaboration with the Greek National MAB Committee since 2014 This years edition of the university titled Asterousia Hybrid University with the support of the Heraclion Development Agency and the Region of Crete is to be organized in two phases facetoface and virtual The first phase with attendance of various national and local experts was held from 57 October 2020 in Crete Greece

November 3, 2020

Multi-parameter probe for water quality monitoring in the Lake Chad Basin

UNESCO is proud to improve knowledge of the hydrology of the Lake Chad Basin which is an important source of freshwater with great potential in terms of biodiversity that supports over 45 million people