UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication, and information.
UNESCO is an agency of theUnited Nations set up in 1945 to promote the exchange of information, ideas, and culture.
In the Spirit of PEACE founded on dialogue and mutual understanding, UNESCO develops tools that ensure that every child and citizen has access to quality education that helps people live as global citizens free of hate and intolerance.
Source: https://www.unesco.org/en/brief
As of January 2024, there are a total of 1,199 World Heritage Sites (933 cultural, 227 natural, and 39 mixed properties) scattered around 168 countries.
Source: https://www.traveling-up.com/unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-the-philippines/
Source: https://whc.unesco.org/en/interactive-map/ Check out the awesome interactive map here!
UNESCO and The Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere
What is a Biosphere?
The Encyclopedia Britannica provides us with a scientific definition of a Biosphere:
A Biosphere is a relatively thin life-supporting stratum of Earth’s surface, extending from a few kilometers into the atmosphere to the deep-sea vents of the ocean. The biosphere is a global ecosystem composed of living organisms (biota) and the abiotic (nonliving) factors from which they derive energy and nutrients.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/science/biosphere
What is a Biosphere Reserve?
In the early 1970s, the United Nations established a project called Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), which promotes sustainable development. A network of biosphere reserves exists to establish a working, balanced relationship between people and the natural world.
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB). MAB is an Intergovernmental Program that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments.
Source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/biosphere/
The Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere
Biosphere regions form a world network for promoting an exchange of information, experience, and personnel. There are approximately 669 BR sites in 120 countries. Eighteen of those are in Canada! One of those 18 Canadian Biosphere Reserves is the Bras d’Or Lakes Biosphere on Cape Breton Island (Unama’ki).
To learn more about The Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve visit https://blbra.ca/our-biosphere/about/
The Glendale Forest is adjacent to the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere located on the Trans Canada Highway in Glendale , Cape Breton Island, Canada.
The Bras D’or Lake Biosphere outline as the Bras d’Or Lake Watershed
