Calakmul is a large expanse of tropical forest that is continuous with the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Petén Province of Northern Guatemala. Calakmul biosphere reserve covers an area of 723,000 hectares, but is attached to two state reserves Balam-kim and Balam-ku which run the entire length of the western side of the biosphere. The total area covered by these connected reserves is 1,200,000 ...

Biosphere reserves are protected areas vital for the preservation of living and inanimate nature, including protection anthropogenic values cultural heritage. The basins Mura, Drava, Danube rivers stretch through Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Serbia form a unique spatial unity. Reserve concept defines about 300,000 hectares core buffer zones around 700,000 transition zones. This large, p...

We studied the history of F.E. Falz-Fein Biosphere Reserve “Askania-Nova”, which can be divided into several periods. The first period is founding Askania-Nova estate by German Duke F. Anhalt-Kothen (1841). second associated with activities: organization a zoo semi-free animals (1874), establishment dendrological park artificial irrigation (1887), bequest virgin steppe territories (1898). next ...

ince its founding in 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been a leading convener and advocate for the natural and social sciences and the humanities. Every year since 2001, on 10 November, UNESCO’s World Science Day reminds us of the importance of science for sustainable development and peace. This year’s theme, “Science for Global Understand...

A description and illustrations of Monohelea maya, new species, based on male and female characteristics are provided. The specimens were collected in the special biosphere Reserves of Ria Lagartos and Ria Celestun, Yucatan State, Mexico.

This paper aims to assess the current and potential role of UNESCO Transboundary Biosphere Reserves (TBRs) as a platform for cross-border-cooperation-enhancing sustainable development border areas characterised by unique natural cultural heritage but lagging in socio-economic terms. The study covered three TBRs located Polish–Ukrainian borderland: West Polesie, Roztocze East Carpathians. quanti...

Biosphere reserves have been studied around the world, but methods to elicit community's values, worldviews and perceptions are missing. A greater understanding of these can help avoid tension and improve successful management. This paper used a mixed-methods survey to elicit local community's environmental values, ecological world views and perceptions of the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Bio...

Multi-stakeholder environmental management and governance processes are essential to realize social and ecological outcomes. Participation, collaboration, and learning are emphasized in these processes; to gain insights into how they influence stakeholders' evaluations of outcomes in relation to management and governance interventions we use a path analysis approach to examine their relationshi...