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UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves
UNESCO has approved the designation of 11 new biosphere reserves in 9 countries including three countries for the first time Chad Georgia and Zambia Two existing biosphere reserves in Spain have also been extended With the new designations the World Network of Biosphere Reserves totals 738 sites in 134 countries
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UNESCO designates 8 new Global Geoparks
UNESCOs Executive Board has approved the designation of 8 new UNESCO Global Geoparks bringing the number of sites participating in the Global Geoparks Network to 177 in 46 countries Two new countries Luxembourg and Sweden this year join the Global Network with the designation of their first geoparks
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All-girl team from the Philippines wins Sustainable Engineering Hackathon on UNESCO’s World Engineering Day
An allgirl team of university students from the Philippines has won a hackathon marking UNESCOs World Engineering for Sustainable Development Day on 4 March Ghia Luwalhati Nicole Elizabeth Tan and Reaner Jacqueline Bool from the WONDERPETS team 1 from Batangas State University in the Philippines used Metal Organic Frameworks which are novel adsorbents to turn recycled plastic bottles into a type of sponge that is extremely porous making it an effective means of removing pollutants from water Better still the sponge can be used again and again
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UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme names laureates of Young Scientists and Michel Batisse awards
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UNESCO Director-General to attend International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme in Africa
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UNESCO and Guerlain empower women and support biodiversity through Women for Bees programme under aegis of Angelina Jolie
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UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme names recipients of Young Scientists Awards
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UNESCO and the Coca-Cola Foundation launch “Youth and Innovation for Ocean” initiative
Hanoi 8 June 2020 On World Oceans Day UNESCO is pleased to announce the Youth and Innovation for Ocean initiative to empower university students and young professionals to put forward innovative and practical solutions in reducing reusing recycling and managing plastic waste in coastal regions of Viet Nam The initiative is under the partnership between UNESCO and The CocaCola Foundation established since 2017 for solutions to manage plastic waste toward as sustainable green economy in Vietnam
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Ashoka Trust (India) to receive 2019 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation
Paris 18 NovemberThis years UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation will be awarded to the Bangalorebased Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment ATREE in recognition of its sociallyjust environmental conservation and sustainable development activities following the recommendation of the international jury of the prize The award ceremony will be held in Budapest Hungary on 20 November during the forthcoming World Science Forum