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UNESCO conference calls for better protection of biological diversity when mitigating climate change

01.08.2011

On 28 June, some 280 high-level experts from 80 countries attending an international conference in Dresden, Germany approved a declaration claiming for better protection of biological diversity when mitigating climate change. The two-day conference was organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the German Ministry for the Environment, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and the German Commission for UNESCO. This important event marked the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO programme "Man and the Biosphere" (MAB), which fully endorsed the Dresden Declaration. The UNESCO MAB Programme and the network of "UNESCO biosphere reserves" work towards synergizing ecology, economy and social development.