A Biosphere Reserve to Protect the Dead Sea Unique Heritage?

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August 15, 2012

A Biosphere Reserve to Protect the Dead Sea Unique Heritage?

Biosphere Reserves are sites established by countries and recognized under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and sound science. They are places that seek to reconcile conservation of biological and cultural diversity and economic and social development through partnerships between people and nature, with cooperation from local to international scales.

Currently, there are 598 Biosphere Reserves in 117 countries , and new sites are added every year. Would the Dead Sea join them someday?

Read the full article at EcoPeace - Friends of the Earth Middle East

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