Nowadays, the ambitious and wild Biosphere 2 experiment is only remembered as a footnote to the Pauly Shore film Bio-Dome, which is a shame. The Biosphere 2 project was ambitious, idealistic, and ...

Biosphere 2 started with eight scientists and a very ambitious experiment. Now, almost 35 years later, it's still being used for cutting-edge research. Scientists continue to use it to study Earth's ...

The Asia-Pacific Biosphere Reserves (APBRs) came together to reinforce regional cooperation and shared priorities at the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, jointly organized by the UNESCO ...

The Hangzhou Strategic Action Plan 2026-35, adopted at UNESCO’s 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, in China, sets the global blueprint for conservation, development and research in the 759 ...

An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70 percent of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast ...

An Indonesian archipelago that's home to three-fourths of Earth's coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country's plant life and an area along Angola's Atlantic coast featuring ...

The Biosphere 2 facility, specifically its Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), serves as a research platform to investigate how life transforms landscapes, ranging from local environments to ...

Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley in Lahaul-Spiti district has become India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, a recognition granted under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme. This was ...

India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve joined UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves. This marks India's 13th global listing. The reserve in Himachal Pradesh features Pin Valley National Park and ...

Asia is home to so many stunning natural wonders, and thanks to the expansion of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme, six of them have just received official protection from the UN. At the 5th ...

India has added another feather to its conservation cap, with UNESCO declaring the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve as part of its prestigious World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The announcement was ...

PETALING JAYA: The Kinabatangan area in Sabah has been officially recognised as Malaysia’s fourth biosphere reserve under Unesco’s Man and the Biosphere Programme, says the Natural Resources and ...