Unesco Adds An Area The Size Of Bolivia To Biosphere Reserve System To Protect 5% Of The World’s Land

Unesco Adds An Area The Size Of Bolivia To Biosphere Reserve System To Protect 5% Of The World’s Land

Unesco Adds An Area The Size Of Bolivia To Biosphere Reserve System To Protect 5% Of The World’s Land Landscape of Daqingshan- Copyright, Daqingshan Biosphere Reserve The United Nations has added an area the size of Bolivia to a network of special land and seascapes with the aim of ensuring they remain places where Man can anchor himself to his national and global ecosystem. Much like the way UNESCO nominates places to become World Heritage Sites, the organization’s Man and Biosphere Program nominates UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. The network of these areas has now grown to 785 sites in 142 countries, totaling 5% of the planet’s landmass. Again, like World Heritage Sites, each year new potential Biosphere Reserves are submitted as candidates by UN member states, and may be then added to the Reserve Network. With this year’s addition of 26 new sites, it means that one million km² of natural areas have been brought under protection just since 2018—equivalent to the size of Bolivia. “With nearly…