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• UNESCOMED contributed to the International Workshop on Standards for  Promoting Forest Restoration in the Mediterranean, reinforcing its commitment  to advancing science-based, collaborative restoration across the Mediterranean  region.
• UNESCO Biosphere Reserves already embody many  of the 10 Principles to guide the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021 -  2030, integrating science, adaptive management and local knowledge.
• Field visits to Sierra Espuña and the Mar Menor demonstrated how  long-term, science-based restoration can successfully address complex  environmental challenges across Mediterranean landscapes.

From 8^th to 10^th May, representatives of the International Centre for the Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves (UNESCOMED) participated in the 8th International Congress of the Argan Tree held in Essaouira, Morocco, under the theme “From  Argan Forest to Arganiculture: The Argan Tree as a Pillar of Water Resilience  for Ecosystems, Territories, and Communities.” 

Dr. Roser Maneja, our Scientific Director, and Dr Quim Zaldo,  researcher from the Forest  Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia, attended the event and contributed to two round tables, one related to the WEFE nexus approach aligned with the  RES-MAB project, and the other related to the governance of Biosphere Reserves.

Training as part of the RES-MAB Project, aimed at strengthening entrepreneurship, social innovation and sustainable development in biosphere reserves.

Biosphere Reserves serve as living laboratories where sustainable development is actively tested and demonstrated, balancing biodiversity conservation with socioeconomic progress. This approach is particularly relevant in the Mediterranean region, where environmental pressures like climate change and biodiversity loss are intensifying. The MedMAB Network and the UNESCOMED Centre play a key role in fostering collaboration and innovation across the region’s BR, supporting local activities that integrate nature-based solutions with community wellbeing.  

As part of the RES-MAB project, two researchers based at the International University Campus for Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves – Melina Mekic (UAB) and Marta Rovira (CTFC) – visited Morocco’s ...

Three Biosphere Reserves from the MedMAB network (Gorges du Gardon BR, Falasorma Dui Sevi BR, and Cévennes BR) and the CTFC, as UNESCOMED Center, are proud to participate as partners in the new European LIFE Biospher’Adapt project, which brings together Biosphere Reserves across France to address the urgent challenge of climate change adaptation. 

Coordinated by MAB France, the project gathers 11 partners and one associated partner and was officially launched with a kick-off meeting held on March 11–13, where Roser Maneja and Mari Carmen Romera participated as representatives of UNESCOMED Center, reinforcing the network’s active role from the very ...

This PRIMA project, focused on the  adaptation and mitigation solutions to face climate change in the Mediterranean  region brings together ten partners to create living labs to test and implement  WEFE solutions.

The RES-MAB Project is one of the most relevant outcomes in terms of applied research of the UNESOMED Center, headquarters of the Abertis Foundation.