UNESCO launched the MAB Programme in 1971 and China joined the initiative in 1973.
Fifty years later, we've arrived at the "China Host" edition.
Today we're honored to have Prof. Wang, Secretary-General of MAB China and a researcher at the lnstitute of Hydrobiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Changjiang International Communication Center)
Two landmark outcome documents were adopted at the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, charting the course for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme over the next decade. The congress, held in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, from Sept. 22 to 25, marked the first time the meeting was convened in Asia.
The 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves is underway in east China's Hangzhou. Experts have been amazed by China's use of AI, drones, and real-time tracking to protect its 34 UNESCO biosphere reserves -- making it a leader in the sustainable balance between people and nature.
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