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what are CBD and MAB
The Center for Biological Diversity(CBD) works through science, law and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction. The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme is an Intergovernmental Scientific Programme aiming to set a scientific basis for the improvement of the relationships between people and their environment globally.

Launched in the early 1970s, the MAB Programme proposes an interdisciplinary research agenda and capacity building that target the ecological, social and economic dimensions of biodiversity loss and the reduction of this loss. It’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves currently counts 621 biosphere reserves in 117 countries all over the world.


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