These are sites established by countries and recognized under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO-MAB) to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and sound science.

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Biosphere Reserves are areas designated under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme to serve as places to test different approaches to integrated management of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine resources and biodiversity.

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The event, held in Kaliningrad (Russian Federation) on 23-24 October 2012 within the 9th Russian-German Days on Ecology, was organized within the overall framework of UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme, with a view to promote thematic, regional, sub-regional, national and local networks for delivery of outcomes as well as for innovating new and green linkages between economy, society and the environment.

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