MAB - The Man-and-Biosphere-programme of the UNESCO

Catalog of the tasks for biosphere reserves (1995)

  • Conservation of the cultural landscape
  • Protection of the natural balance
  • Protection of the genetic resource
  • Development of sustainable landuse
  • Environmental education and public relations
  • Research and ecological monitoring:
    • Assessment of the changes in ecosystems without/under influence of the human use
    • Development of standard methods for ecological monitoring
    • functional evaluation criterion for the 10-yearly examination of the BR by UNESCO
HNE Eberswalde