The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program is a global system of biosphere reserves begun in 1986 and organized by the United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). MAB reserves are designed to conserve natural ecosystems and...

A UNESCO project to promote scientific rather than subjective grounds for long-term conservation of critical...

A biosphere reserve is an area of land recognized and preserved for its ecological significance. Ideally biosphere reserves contain undisturbed, natural environments that represent some of the world's important ecological systems and...

A biosphere reserve is an international conservation designation given by UNESCO under its Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB). The World Network of Biosphere Reserves is the collection of all 529 biosphere reserves in 105 countries (as of 2007)....

Florida's Everglades National Park and a rain forest reserve in Honduras have been removed from the U.N.'s list of endangered world cultural sites after improvements in conservation programs, UNESCO announced Monday.The World Heritage Committee commended the United States "for its investment of scientific and financial...

If you'd rather see butterflies on a mountaintop than slather yourself with sunblock on a tourist-packed beach in Cancun, Mexico is an ideal winter destination.Ecotourism is drawing fans in the central states of Michoacan and Mexico, thanks to the spectacular yearly migration of millions of...

Ecuador will open bidding for a major oil project in a jungle nature reserve in June if the poor Andean country does not receive international funding to abandon the proposal, the oil minister said Monday.The government is seeking a minimum of $350 million a year...

The Bush administration's hand in removing the Everglades from a United Nations list of endangered sites was denounced Friday by a Florida senator.Democrat Bill Nelson characterized it as improper meddling by Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary Todd Willens at a U.N. meeting in June in New...