Colloquium “UNESCO Chairs and Biosphere Reserves: People and Nature” – October 16, 2023

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We invite you to participate in the Colloquium “UNESCO Chairs and Biosphere Reserves: People and Nature”, which will begin the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO Chair in Biodiversity and Conservation for Sustainable Development, officially awarded to the University of Coimbra on October 17, 2013 and with a public presentation and beginning of activities on February 14, 2014.

This meeting will be held on the morning of October 16th, in the Auditorium of the Department of Life Sciences – Colégio de S. Bento and will feature the participation of two distinguished guests: Prof. Biosphere Reserves for Sustainable Development – Yokohama National University, Japan, and Doctor Miguel Clüsener-Godt, who until 2021 was the Director of the UNESCO Earth and Ecological Sciences Division and Secretary of the MaB Program. In this first moment, the importance of the UNESCO Chairs program and UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere program in fulfilling the “30×30” commitment, a global initiative to classify 30% of the Earth’s land and marine surface as protected areas by 2030, will be highlighted.

The event program will be:

10:00 – Opening
Amílcar Falcão, Rector of the University of Coimbra

10:15 am – Contribution of citizen science and potential of digital technology in wildlife management in protected areas
Hiroyuki Matsuda, UNESCO Chair on Education in Biosphere Reserves for Sustainable Development – Yokohama National University, Japan

11:00 –  The 30 by 30 Challenge and UNESCO’s MAB Program
Miguel Clüsener-Godt, senior research associate

11:45 – Biosphere Reserves: sustainable territories, resilient communities – some inspiring results
Helena Freitas, UNESCO Chair in Biodiversity and Conservation for Sustainable Development

12:15 pm – Closing.

Participation is free but registration is mandatory. RSVP by October 15th at: https://forms.gle/WiDmrgqMKmzSEJK68.
This event will be broadcast online. For those who cannot be present, follow the online broadcast link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/3613635590.

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