The UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Role in Biodiversity

The UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Role in Biodiversity

The UNESCO Biosphere
Reserves:
Role in Biodiversity
Conservation and
Sustainable Development
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Scope
World-wide, humanity faces social and
environmental conflicts. The UNESCO
MAN AND BIOSPHERE PROGRAM (MAB)
with its 580 + Biosphere Reserves offer
models as how to preserve our biological
heritage and yet at the same time
promote sustainable economic activity.
The workshop will begin with overview
of the Biosphere Reserves Program
at the global level to set the stage for
more detailed presentations on the 40
Spanish Biosphere Reserves covering a
7% of country surface. We will discuss
how Spain, including Andalucía, are
proceeding with respect to the goals of
the Madrid Action Plan The scope of the
workshop will also include trans-Atlantic
comparisons with presentations and
discussions about Reserves of Mexico,
Canada and the United States.
Students are an important element in
the program, and are invited to present
posters for discussion in the workshop.
They can expect to finish the workshop
with a solid understanding of the
Reserves program and how Reserves
differ from other modes of protection of
resources, and sustainable development
initiatives.
Format of the Workshop
The workshop will bring together
17 speakers and a maximum of 50
participants (including speakers). The
scientific programme will start in the
morning on Monday, 1st October, and will
end on Wednesday, October 3rd. Ample
time for informal discussion will be
reserved.
Participants will be invited to present a
poster.
Venue of the Workshop
The workshop will be held in Baeza,
at the “Sede Antonio Machado”, a
XVII century building turned into a
Conference Centre of the International
University of Andalusia (UNIA). This site
includes a recently restored residence,
where speakers and participants will
be accommodated. Baeza is a World
Historic Heritage town, renowned for its
Reinassance and Gothic buildings.
Prof. Francisco García Novo
Department of Plant Biology and Ecology,
Faculty of Biology. University of Sevilla, Sevilla,
Spain.
Prof. Mike Adams
Dept. of Botany & Gaylord Nelson Institute
for Environmental Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
Speakers
Dr. Alberto M Vargas. Latin American,
Caribbean and Iberian Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
Dr. Francisco José Cantos Mengs.
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural
y Marino, Organismo Autónomo Parques
Nacionales, Madrid. Spain.
Prof. Eduardo Santana Castellón. Instituto
Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la
Biodiversidad, Universidad de Guadalajara,
Jalisco, Mexico
Dr. Dominique Potvin. Programme Officer,
Natural Sciences, Canadian Commission for
UNESCO, Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Mustafá Lamrani Alaoui. Intercontinental
Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean,
Andalusia (Spain)-Morocco. Meknes. Maroc.
Prof. José Carlos Escudero. Facultad de
Ciencias. University of Extremadura, Badajoz,
Spain
Dr. Juan Carlos Rubio. Director Conservador
P. N. Doñana, Espacio Natural Doñana. Centro
Administrativo El Acebuche. Matalascañas,
Huelva, Spain
Dr Arturo López Ornat. Member of WCPA,
World Commission of Protected Areas. Madrid,
Spain
Prof. Regino Zamora. Facultad de Ciencias,
University of Granada. Granada, Spain
Prof. Antonio Gómez Sal. Departamento
de Ecología, University of Alcalá de Henares.
Alcalá de Henares. Madrid, Spain
Dr. Juan Bautista Gallego Fernández.
Faculty of Biology. University of Sevilla, Sevilla,
Spain.
Dra. Raquel Fernández Lofaso. Faculty of
Biology. University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Prof. Arsenio Villar. Departamento de
Geografía Física y Análisis Geográfico
Regional, Facultad de Geografía e Historia.
University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
Dr. Meriem Bouamrane.Man and the
Biosphere (MAB) Programme. Division of
Ecological and Earth Sciences. UNESCO.
Paris. France
Baeza, Spain
• 1st-3rd October
2012
Deadline:
For application: 12th September 2012
Venue:
Sede Antonio Machado
Universidad Internacional de Andalucía
Palacio de Jabalquinto
Plaza de Santa Cruz, s/n
23440 Baeza (Jaén), Spain
Tel: +34 953 74 27 75
Fax: +34 953 74 29 75
E-mail: [email protected]
Coordinated by:
Dr. Lourdes Soria
Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.
Baeza, Jaén. Spain.
e-mail: [email protected]
More information and
application:
http://www.unia.es/
environmentworkshops