Event ID: 73 Title: Voices of Nature: empowering women and educating for the future in Emilia-Romagna's Biosphere Reserves
The Emilia-Romagna Region supports collaboration among its three Biosphere Reserves through the UNESCO MAB Programme, using water as a unifying theme. This initiative promotes shared goals, local traditions, and sustainable development while fostering community engagement. Two key projects stand out: Women&Biosphere, which strengthens female leadership and networks to advance gender equality (SDG 5), and School&Biosphere, which enhances educational tourism, empowering young people to appreciate and protect natural and cultural landscapes (SDG 4). Together, they represent a replicable model that contributes to the UN 2030 Agenda by combining quality education with gender equality for future generations.
| Preliminary Agenda | ||
| Time | Content | Speaker |
| 18:15 | Introduction: background, objectives of the meeting, introduction of speakers | Giuseppe Vignali, Director of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine Park and Fausto Giovanelli, President of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine Park, representing the UNESCO MAB Reserve of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines |
| 18:30 | Video presentation with the support of Emilia-Romagna Region | |
| 18:35 | presentation of the "Women&Biosphere" project | Ludovica Ramella, coordinator of the UNESCO Po Grande MAB Reserve at the Po River Basin District Authority |
| 18:50 | presentation of the "School&Biosphere" project | Massimiliano Costa, director of the management body for parks and biodiversity in the Po Delta, and Elena Cavalieri, head of the technical-environmental office at the management body for parks and biodiversity in the Po Delta, representing the UNESCO MAB Delta Po Reserve. |
| 19:05 | Discussion with participants | |
| 19:45 | Conclusion | |
