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35th anniversary of the UNESCO`s World Biosphere Reserve
35 years ago UNESCO declared the mountain Velebit as World Biosphere Reserve.
Biosphere reserves are sites established by countries and recognized under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and sound science.
As places that seek to reconcile conservation of biological and cultural diversity and economic and social development through partnerships between people and nature, they are ideal to test and demonstrate innovative approaches to sustainable development from local to international scales.
There are currently 621 biosphere reserves in 117 countries, including 12 transboundary sites.
www.unesco.org