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explain CBD and MAB
Man and Biodiversity Programme.Established under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, biosphere reserves are a series of protected areas linked through a global network, intended to demonstrate the relationship between conservation and development.
Conservation of biodiversity
Reasons:
Narrowly utilitarian
Broadly utilitarian
Ethical
Approaches to Biodiversity conservation
In- situ conservation
eg: biosphere Reserves, national parks, wild life sanctuaries and sacred grooves
Ex –situ conservation
Eg: Botanical garden, zoo, gene bank and tissue culture
Conservation of biodiversity
i) The earth Summit; Held in Reo de Janerio in 1992. For conservation of biodiversity and sustainable
  utilization of benefits of biodiversity.
ii) The world Summit on Sustainable Development; held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to achieve a
   significant reduction in current rate of biodiversity at global , regional and local level .
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.


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