Biosphere Reserves Pete Frost Countryside Council for Wales (Almost) everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask……

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Biosphere Reserves Pete Frost Countryside Council for Wales (Almost) everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask……

What are they?

What are they for?  Conserving biodiversity, with  Sustainable use  Living laboratories for sustainable development

What’s different about them?  Social  Cultural  Spiritual  Economic

What do they do? Conservation Development Logistic

What do they look like?

But in reality…

How do they work?  Stakeholder participation  Management Plan  Designated authority or mechanism  Mechanisms to manage human use in Buffer Zone  Programmes for research, monitoring, education, training

What’s the role of:

What do UNESCO do?  Assess applications  Maintain the world list  Maintain the website (  Promote networking  Review existing Biosphere Reserves

Networking  Capacity building  Focus on different ecosystems  Research and monitoring  Sustainable development in action

The Periodic Review  UK re-joins UNESCO  UNESCO asks for a report  DETR commissions review  Some UK Biosphere Reserves de- listed

What about the Dyfi? No zonation Too small

The good news!  The most promising BR in the UK  Easy to create Core Area and Buffer Zones from existing Nature Reserves and protected areas (SSSI)  Transition Area could cover the catchment

What are the options?  Do nothing  Apply to de-designate  Bring it up to standard

How do we do it?  Listen to informed local opinion  Relay the result to the National Assembly  National Assembly works via the UNESCO UK MAB Committee and the Foreign Office

….Form filling  Very long  Very detailed  Lots of supporting information

Then what? The hard work really starts!