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The UK Man and the Biosphere (UK MAB) Committee oversees UNESCO's MAB Programme in the UK. The MAB Programme encourages a balanced relationship between people and their environment. Biosphere reserves are a major component of the MAB Programme. People across all sectors of society have a say in how biosphere reserves are used, developed and managed to ensure growth of the area and protect the healthy state of the environment.
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Aug 5, 2010
Saunton Photo: thatbloke/Flickr
Jun 4, 2010
Photo:UKNC for UNESCO
May 20, 2010
The Galloway and South Ayrshire proposed biosphere reserve welcomed speakers from two European biosphere reserves and two 'new style' UK biosphere reserves at a public conference held in New Galloway on 20 May 2010. The conference brought together local communities, biosphere managers and experts from across Europe to explore the benefits that a biosphere could bring to Galloway and Southern Ayrshire. Photo: Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere
Mar 11, 2010
The Bi Photo: UKNC for UNESCO |
Sands in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve is one of the best beaches in Devon according to a recent 
The Taynish Biosphere Reserve has been withdrawn from the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves as it did not meet the criteria set out in the Seville Strategy of 1995. This decision was put forward by the UK at the 22nd session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB-ICC). At this meeting it was also decided to add 13 new sites from 15 countries to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves which now counts 564 sites in 109 countries.
osffer Dyfi Biosphere and North Devon's Biosphere Reserve both feature in an information pack made available to schools in the UK and available online