3 October 2023
The European Forest Institute’s Young Leadership Programme, Mediterranean 2023 (YLPMED 2023), organised in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean, aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay between land abandonment, Mediterranean forests, and cultural landscapes. The programme offers an overview of the key drivers and impacts of land abandonment on Mediterranean forest and cultural landscapes and explore the potential opportunities for sustainable entrepreneurship and biodiversity conservation.
The 2023 edition focuses on the challenges and opportunities related to forest and land abandonment in the Mediterranean region. This theme holds significant importance as it balances environmental conservation, economic development ...
26 June 2023
The Forest Bioeconomy research group (BIOFOR) of the Forest Science and Technology Center of Catalonia (CTFC) has met at Castellet Castle, headquarters of the UNESCOMED Center. The group has the double goal of advancing the design and implementation of transformative models of the bioeconomy and of resilient landscapes to the effects of climate change as well as promoting knowledge transfer at the Mediterranean scale through UNESCOMED and the MedMaB network.
The BIOFOR research group was recognized by the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat de Catalunya with the program of Support to Research Groups (SGR), which aims to ...
16 June 2023
The 35th International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MaB) Programme has formalised the MedMaB Thematic Network of Mediterranean Biosphere Reserves.
21 April 2023
The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe and the abrdn Charitable Foundation (aCF) are launching a second call for applications for UNESCO designated sites in Europe and North America, as a part of the 3-year project ‘Promoting sustainable development through UNESCO’s programmes and sites’.
19 January 2023
Biosphere reserves are model regions for sustainable development. The international master’s programme in Biosphere Reserve Management (BIOM) addresses contemporary sustainability issues from an integrative perspective. Students are invited to think about how to reconcile competing land-use interests at the landscape level. They analyse both innovative and traditional land use practices and compare different management and land use systems. The master’s course is guided by the current strategy of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and the Lima Action Plan, focusing on three areas of competence: Ecological and social systems; Governance and management; and Cooperation, communication, and learning.
After its ...
15 January 2023
Following the closure of the Erasmus+ EduBioMed project, on capacity building for education and research applied to Mediterranean biosphere reserves, UNESCOMED has taken up its baton and its motto: "It's time to learn from biosphere reserves".
Therefore, from the UNESCOMED website, an interactive platform for the exchange of knowledge on Mediterranean biosphere reserves, we are launching a new series of training videos on biosphere reserves as part of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) produced in the framework of the EduBioMed project.
The series of short videos, which includes an initial inspirational lecture and 28 educational talks organised in 5 ...