The intent of this project is three-fold: to galvanize institutional support for the implementation of the Madrid Action Plan (MAP) for MAB in Pakistan, and add an additional site - the Juniper Forest Ecosystem of Ziarat - to the global network of biosphere reserves, and to facilitate the capacity building of stakeholders in the management of biosphere reserves, along with enhancing the research capacity on ecosystem services.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

But Cleaves argues that removing biomass from a forestry site a forest managed for timber as opposed to an old-growth stand or conserved park is a way to reduce the risk of forest fire.

FORBES: Massachusetts Addresses "Biomass Loophole" and Limits Subsidies

Hunters Lodge Medical Centre in Leicester Forest East, which had 3, 200 registered users, is shutting as the GP who co-owns the site is retiring.

BBC: Stephen Dorrell