For local communities, the urgency of identifying sustainable ways to protect these natural resources has never been greater.

Ever mused upon the simple and unconstrained life of a bird, admiring its aerial superpowers, joyful, incessant singing, and cosy nest of moss and feathers? Suspended in pine forest and completely ...

There is huge excitement that the Wilderness Centre in the Forest of Dean could become the focal point for environmental learning in a new Unesco biosphere reserve. The Forest of Dean District Council ...

A bid for the "unique" Forest of Dean to achieve international recognition as a Unesco Biosphere reserve has received the backing of Shire Hall. Biosphere reserves status recognises the landscape, ...

The Forest of Dean is to be submitted for consideration as a Unesco "biosphere reserve". If approved, the forest would join 759 special areas in locations from Australia's Sunshine Coast to the Gobi ...

Forest of Dean District Councillors have voted to support an application to UNESCO to designate the Forest of Dean District as a biosphere. They hope this will support the long-term sustainability of ...

The tropical rain forest section of the UA’s Biosphere 2 is closed to the public for four months as researchers conduct a study on drought. The remaining areas under glass in the Biosphere, near ...

In Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve, 9 community forestry concessions have been managing over 350,000 hectares of forest for more than 15 years. The communities aim to manage the concessions ...

2001-12-20 04:00:00 PDT Flores, Guatemala-- Against a lush, green landscape of trees wrapped in crawling vines, men in cowboy hats stand smoking cigarettes next to piles of perfectly stacked cedar and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian government and its NGO partners are working to revive local community use of domestic, organic coffee by ...