Event ID: 25 Title: Catalyzing Biodiversity Conservation and Social Transformation – Evidence from UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
The event will feature several short presentations introducing a current publication project. Collecting evidence from over twenty biosphere reserves, we present scientific research about BRs as catalysts of biodiversity conservation and actors of social transformation toward sustainability. We assess BRs role in pioneering new collaborative governance mechanisms and equity-based international cooperation and discuss emerging concepts for strengthening the MAB programme.
| Preliminary Agenda | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Content | Speaker |
| 13:15 | Setting the Scene: Biosphere Reserves catalyzing biodiversity conservation and social transformation. | Erik Aschenbrand, Biosphere Reserves Institute, Eberswalde University for sustainable development |
| 13:20 | Why Evidence is needed | Samuel Partey, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe |
| 13:30 | Overcoming fragmentation in ecosystems management | Ludovica Ramella, Po River Basin District Authority and Po Grande BR |
| 13:40 | Mutual Learning for Sustainability | Marla Schulz, EuroMAB Youth representative |
| 13:50 | Managing social-ecological systems in a biodiversity hotspot | Filipa Ferreira, Biosphere Reserves Institute |
| 14:00 | Overcoming boundaries in the Mediterranean Region | Saleem Farouq Haddad, Technical University Berlin |
| 14:10 | River Restoration in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves | Erik Aschenbrand, Biosphere Reserves Institute |
| 14:20 | From the perception of wetlands to governance: Twenty years of Kristianstad Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve research | Johanna MacTaggart, Stockholm Resilience Center, MAB Sweden. |
| 14:30 | Discussion | Francesca Bampa, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe |
| 14:40 | Conclusion | Erik Aschenbrand, Biosphere Reserves Institue |
