{"id":38229,"date":"2026-06-06T13:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=38229"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:56:07","slug":"unesco-designates-14-new-biosphere-reserves-network-expands-to-797-sites-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/unesco-designates-14-new-biosphere-reserves-network-expands-to-797-sites-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Designates 14 New Biosphere Reserves, Network Expands to 797 Sites Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tost Toson Bumbiin Nuruu in Mongolia,<\/em> IMAGE: UNESCO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ARIS<\/strong> \u2014 UNESCO designated 14 new biosphere reserves across 14 countries on World Environment Day, expanding its global network to 797 sites in 145 nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montenegro, Timor-Leste and Aruba welcomed their first biosphere reserves, with Aruba\u2019s entire territory now protected. For the first time, a city \u2013 Qu\u00e9bec City in Canada \u2013 was also named a biosphere reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New sites include Shkod\u00ebr Lake in Albania, Theniet El Had in Algeria, Great Caucasus in Azerbaijan, Takamanda\u2013Cross River Gorilla in Cameroon, Dalankuh\u2013Qamishlou in Iran, Tost Toson Bumbiin Nuruu in Mongolia, Skadar Lake Watershed in Montenegro, Sur del Alto Paran\u00e1 in Paraguay, Matibay na Bayan ng Sablayan in the Philippines, Serra da Estrela in Portugal, Nino Konis Santana in Timor-Leste and Phong Nha\u2013Ke Bang in Viet Nam. Extensions were approved for five reserves in China, Italy and Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBiosphere reserves prove every day that protecting nature and improving human lives are not competing goals,\u201d said UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany. \u201cThis year\u2019s designations span every continent, showing the full range of what it means to live in harmony with nature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNESCO also launched a practical manual for journalists, developed with the OSCE and media partners, to strengthen reporting on environmental issues amid rising misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1971, biosphere reserves have been central to UNESCO\u2019s environmental mission, covering more than 13 million square km of ecosystems worldwide and contributing to the Kunming-Montreal target of conserving 30% of land and sea by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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