Knowledge Nugget: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves — what’s the latest you need to know for UPSC exam

With the inclusion of the Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, the total number ...

UPSC Key: Swadeshi 4G network, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and UPSC @ 100

How is the entry of the Himachal cold desert in the UNESCO biosphere reserve list relevant to the UPSC exam? What ...
UNESCO

26 new Biosphere Reserves: UNESCO’s continues unprecedented expansion of its global network

Photos, videos and descriptions of the new Biosphere Reserves. With nearly thirty new designations this year, our World Network of Biosphere Reserves has reached a major milestone, now protecting 5% ...
Yahoo

UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate change

An Indonesian archipelago that's home to three-fourths of Earth's coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country's plant life and an area along Angola's Atlantic coast featuring ...
Global Times

China's ecological push in focus as UNESCO biosphere program outlines future roadmap

Two landmark outcome documents were adopted at the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, charting the course for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme over the next decade. The congress ...