Urban Areas workshop
From 15:00 to 18:00, Tuesday 15 March 2016, Lima, Peru
Chair
Prof. Sergio Guevara (Mexico)
Moderator
Anne-Caroline Prévot (France)
MAB Secretariat
Meriem Bouamrane and Hans Thulstrup
E-mail: m.bouamrane(at)unesco.org and h.thulstrup(at)unesco.org i.rodriguez-galindo(at)unesco.org
Overview
Cities are becoming increasingly large, they are profusely distributed across the land, and they concentrate the greatest proportion of the world's human population. Consequently, they demand ever more resources and services. Their sprawling urban perimeter is permeable to the biodiversity of rural and natural areas, both near and far. The growing urban infrastructure constantly modifies the habitat conditions to which species adapt, forming new biotic communities and even emergent ecosystems.
Presentations
- The challenges of urban ecology
- From Biosphere Reserves to a global strategy for human well-being - Prof. Miren Onaindia
- The MAB concept as a guide to sustainable natural cities - Anne-Caroline Prevot and Zina Skandrani
- Isla Cozumel Biosphere Reserve, Mexico - Lic. Federico Guillermo Ruiz Piña
- Reserva de Biosfera Laguna Oca y Herraduras del Rio Paraguay - Susana Fourçans
- Wudalianchi Biosphere Reserve, China. Case study on eco-migration - Zhang Jiabo