In the last five years (2011-2016) more than 54,000 hectares of forests were converted to grasslands in the core area of the Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua, which represents 19.4 percent ...

Deforestation in the core zone of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico decreased by 57.6 per cent, from 15.8 hectares lost during the 2016-2017 period to to 6.7 hectares in 2017 -2018 ...

Enlisted as part of UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 1997, Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve is an internationally-recognized learning site for sustainable development. The UNESCO Biosphere ...

Recommendation 6: Provision of a map clearly indicating the boundaries of the property and its buffer zone. A map was provided showing the boundaries of the Biosphere Reserve as defined in the decree ...

In the 14 years living in the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, she has seen the buffer zone—intended to act as a containment area against impacts on the core zone—converted into rice, beans and ...

Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in 1982 as one of the pioneering natural World Heritage sites in all of Latin America and the Caribbean. ... some 210,000 ...

Covering 1,392,900 ha Río San Juan Biosphere Reserve is composed of seven protected areas and other adjacent territories. The biosphere reserve covers an important variety of ecosystems representative ...

Biodiversity Covering an area of 413,512 hectares, the Kon Ha Nung Biosphere Reserves comprise two core zones - Kon Ka Kinh National Park and Kon Chu Rang natural reserve on 57,493ha, and a 152,693ha ...

In 2009, Cu Lao Cham (Cham Islands)-Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam was recognized a world biosphere reserve. Its core zones include the UNESCO heritage site Hoi An ancient town and Cham ...