Charyn and Jongar-Alatau national parks of Kazakhstan have been included into the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves, Forestry and Fauna Committee's press secretary Saken Dildahmet said.
The hefty cargo was loaded at the Mayrouba runway in the Kesrouan district and flown to Jabal Moussa, whose surrounding villages became part of UNESCO's
World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 2009.
Meshal Hayat stressed on Wednesday the importance of adding new nature reserves to the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) list.
It was listed on the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 1981.
He said that the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves as of today has 621 sites in 117 countries, and the number is continued to increase, with also the new sites from South and Central Asian countries.
Earlier, Pakistan National MAB Committee had submitted the Dossier and Management Plan of Ziarat Juniper Forest to the MAB Secretariat for its inclusion in the list of
World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR).
ISLAMABAD -- National Man and Biosphere (MAB) Committee will conduct the review of Lal Suhanra Biosphere Reserves, and propose another site to be enlisted in the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) along with the hosting of the South and Central Asia MAB (SACAM) Network meeting in Pakistan in October 2013.
Forty years ago, the UNESCO established the international conservation program denominated Man and the Biosphere, within which the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves started to operate in 1976.
The
World Network of Biosphere Reserves declared under this programme currently counts 610 biosphere reserves in 117 countries all over the world.
There are 553 sites within the
world network of biosphere reserves, including the Central Amazon in Brazil and the Everglades in Florida.