ABOUT MAB LAB

This publication presents findings from the Nordic Council of Ministers - Nordic Working Group for Biological Diversity funded project MAB LAB: Man, and the Biosphere - Local Actions for the new global framework for Biodiversity. The project is based on a fundamental ambition to foster and support local solutions to global challenges by increasing the number of UNESCO biosphere reserves in the Nordic region.

The overall objective of the MAB-LAB project is to contribute to catalyzing the readiness of the Nordic countries for the work of implementing the new global biodiversity framework. The main findings of the project are presented in two publications:

A translation of the global biodiversity framework (Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework) into a local context having the Nordic biosphere reserves as case.
A guide to prepare for and overcome barriers to the establishment of new biosphere reserves.

This publication is a guide to establish a UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.

Partners and execution

The MAB LAB project has been developed through a Nordic collaboration involving the following actors:

Denmark: Møn Biosfæreområde (Katrine Dietrich)

Sweden: Vattenriket, Kristianstad (Carina Wettemark) Johanna MacTaggert, National coordinator for the Swedish MAB-program.

Norway: Nordhordland Biosfære (Kari E. Natland), The Norwegian Biosphere Committee (Eva Hauge Fontaine).

Finland: North Karelia Biosphere reserve (Vilma Lehtovaara), Skärgårdshavets biosfärområde (Katja Bonnevier)

Island: Snaefellsness Regional Park (Ragnhildur Sigurðardóttir)

The work was led by Katrine Dietrich (Møn Biosphere, DK) and the report was prepared with help from Mads Randbøll Wolff, Sustainability 2030, Nikolaj Sveistrup, URBAN AGENDA and Kari E. Natland (Nordhordland Biosphere, NO).