Unesco Biodiversity

07/09/2026

🤝Implementing the Roadmap in 🏞️

The UNESCO information session will engage MAB representatives to discuss potential follow-up actions stemming from the 3️⃣ and its Declaration.
By bringing together young people active in , the event aims to foster regional cooperation, strengthen networks, and support the implementation of the Roadmap.🌍

📅8 September 2026 🌐Online
➡️ https://unes.co/sb1pqx

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UNESCO Youth Unesco Biodiversity Mab Youth Forum Italy

28/08/2026

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📢 ¡Convocatoria abierta! 4º Foro de Jóvenes de la Red IberoMAB

Del 2 al 6 de noviembre de 2026, jóvenes vinculados a reservas de biosfera de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal se reunirán en Chile 🇨🇱 para fortalecer la Red de Jóvenes IberoMAB y definir juntos sus prioridades para los próximos años.

🌱 El Foro también será el espacio para renovar la coordinación de la Red y avanzar en la implementación del Plan de Acción Estratégico de Hangzhou 2026-2035.

✅ ¿Quién puede postular? Jóvenes de 18 a 35 años que vivan, estudien o trabajen en una reserva de biosfera de América Latina, el Caribe, España o Portugal, con el apoyo de su reserva de biosfera y de su Comité Nacional/Punto Focal MAB.

🗓️ Fecha límite para presentar candidaturas: 11 de septiembre de 2026 📩 Notificación de seleccionados/as: hasta el 25 de septiembre de 2026

⚠️ Si tienes interés en participar, infórmate con el gestor de tu reserva de biosfera o con el punto focal nacional MAB.

¡Súmate y sé parte del futuro de la Red IberoMAB! 🌎

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📢 Call for applications open! 4th IberoMAB Network Youth Forum

From 2 to 6 November 2026, young people connected to biosphere reserves in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal will gather in Chile 🇨🇱 to strengthen the IberoMAB Youth Network and jointly define its priorities for the coming years.

🌱 The Forum will also be the space to renew the Network’s coordination and advance implementation of the Hangzhou Strategic Action Plan 2026-2035.

✅ Who can apply? Young people aged 18 to 35 who live, study or work in a biosphere reserve in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain or Portugal, with the support of their biosphere reserve and their National Committee/MAB Focal Point.

🗓️ Application deadline: 11 September 2026 📩 Selected candidates notified by: 25 September 2026

⚠️ If you’re interested in taking part, please check first with your biosphere reserve manager or your national MAB focal point.

Join us and be part of the future of the IberoMAB Network! 🌎

24/08/2026

The finalists of are here! 📸 🎥

15 young storytellers from 13 countries have been selected as finalists of “Capture the Future: Global Youth Storytelling Initiative for People and Nature” — the joint initiative by UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and .

Over 700 submissions from 98 countries, linked to more than 120 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves worldwide, poured in from young people aged 18–35 telling the story of how their communities live in harmony with nature — through photography and short-form video, shot entirely on mobile.

From 31 August to 6 September, the finalists head to the Biosphere Reserve in for a week-long co-creation camp, working alongside storytelling and visual experts , , and . It’s also where the winners will be decided, through creative challenges, culminating in a mini visual arts festival with the local community.

The top two storytellers will go on to attend COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia this October, carrying their stories from local biosphere reserve communities to a global stage. 🌱

📍 Learn more: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-and-vivo-announce-finalists-global-photo-and-video-contest-sustainability-storytelling

12/08/2026

🌿✨ Meet Jose Luis Cortez Flores from one of the 2026 MAB Young Scientist Awards laureates! 🏆
He is an applied economist at Universidad del Pacífico, previously tracked El Niño's economic impact on mangrove-dependent communities in northern Peru. Now, he is building the mangrove-based adaptation priority index, a tool aimed at mapping socioeconomic vulnerability, climate exposure, ecosystem condition and intervention feasibility into a single stakeholder-validated framework for Peru's national protected area authority. ⚡🌎
His work aims to transform data on social vulnerability, climate and ecosystems into tools that help identify where adaptation measures can bring the greatest benefits to people and to the mangrove forest
Since 2022, the MAB Young Scientists Awards has received support from the Principality of Monaco enabling additional annual fellowships specifically benefitting studies on marine, island and coastal issues in biosphere reserves.
🌍 Discover all the laureates: link in bio

26/07/2026

🌿 Today, on the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, we celebrate the people working every day to restore these extraordinary ecosystems.

In La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, local communities are bringing mangroves back to life through the MangRes project, funded by the Government of Flanders.

The area shown in this video was once severely degraded. Today, thanks to community-led restoration, the mangroves have grown to more than 1.5 metres in height, demonstrating that successful restoration goes far beyond planting trees—it means restoring the ecological functions of the ecosystem and strengthening the resilience of both nature and communities.

Together, we are restoring mangroves for people, biodiversity and the future.

23/07/2026

🌍 Calling all African biosphere reserve restoration champions!

UNESCO’s AfriMAB-GRÓ LRT Land Restoration Fellowships 2027 are now open. Two fully funded six-month fellowships in Iceland cover tuition, travel, health insurance, stipend—and empower you to bring restoration skills back home. The programme runs from 26 February 2027.

💡Why apply?
- Gain high-impact knowledge and international experience
- Join a network of ecosystem restoration leaders
- Make your restoration work count—right where it’s needed most

🗓 Deadline: 10 September 2026
🔗 Apply now - https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/applications-open-afrimab-gro-lrt-land-restoration-fellowships-2027

Tag someone who needs to see this! 🌍✨

20/07/2026

🌿 ¡Ha comenzado el III Congreso Internacional de Manglares de las Américas en Ciudad del Saber, Panamá! 🇵🇦
Este congreso reúne a especialistas, responsables de políticas públicas, organizaciones, comunidades y actores clave de toda la región para intercambiar conocimientos y fortalecer la conservación, restauración y gestión sostenible de los manglares.
En el marco de este importante encuentro regional, MangRes reunirá a representantes de las siete Reservas de Biosfera de Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, México, Panamá y Perú, junto con investigadores y socios del proyecto, para compartir avances, experiencias y soluciones innovadoras para la restauración de manglares. ¡Acompáñanos y descubre cómo la cooperación regional está impulsando la restauración de estos ecosistemas clave!
Evento paralelo de MangRes
🗓️ Martes 21 de julio
🕘 09:00–12:00 h
📍 Salón 101
La celebración de este congreso cobra un significado especial al acercarse el 26 de julio, Día Internacional para la Conservación del Ecosistema de Manglares, una oportunidad para destacar el papel esencial de estos ecosistemas en la protección de la biodiversidad, la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático y el bienestar de las comunidades costeras.

11/06/2026

🌿📢 ¡Nueva oportunidad para participar en el III Congreso Internacional de Manglares de las Américas - Panamá 2026!

La fecha límite para enviar resúmenes ha sido extendida hasta el 15 de junio de 2026.

Invitamos especialmente a las reservas de biosfera, investigadores, gestores, comunidades locales y jóvenes a compartir experiencias, investigaciones y proyectos sobre la conservación, restauración y gestión sostenible de los manglares.

🌎 Un espacio único para intercambiar conocimientos, fortalecer alianzas y mostrar cómo los manglares contribuyen a la biodiversidad, la acción climática y el bienestar de las comunidades.

📅 Fecha límite: 15 de junio de 2026

📩 [email protected]

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22/05/2026

15/05/2026

🌿 Starting next week... the 3rd UNESCO MAB Youth Forum!🌎

📍From 18-22 May, Italy’s Po Delta and Euganean Hills Biosphere Reserves will host the 3rd UNESCO MAB Youth Forum. The event will bring together over 150 young leaders aged 18-35🧑‍🤝‍🧑 from across the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.🌱🌊

Over 5 days, delegates will co-create a Youth Declaration, a global Roadmap (2026–2035), and concrete recommendations to put young people at the heart of biodiversity governance. Not as bystanders ... as decision-makers! 🤝

➡️ https://unes.co/ookfq7
 
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