Biosphere Reserves are zones of terrestrial, coastal or marine ecosystems, or a combination of the same ones, recognized like such by UNESCO within the framework of their “Man and Biosphere” Programme, MaB.

Initiated in 1971, it is centred on the interactions between the man and the environment with the main objective of promoting a sustainable balance between the use and the conservation of natural resources, the socioeconomic development of the local populations and the conservation of cultural values linked to these ones. For more information, you can visit the web section: MaB Programme, on Biosphere Reserve. Push click to visit it

They are designated with the objective of promoting and demonstrating a balanced relationship between human beings and biosphere on conciliating the conserv ation of the nature and the maintenance of cultural values with the economic and social development of their populations.