Youth Engagement workshop
From 09:00 to 12:30, Wednesday 15 March 2016, Lima, Peru
Chair
Eve Ferguson (Canada)
Moderator
Marie-Tinka Uys (South Africa)
MAB Secretariat
Vincent Van Ryssegem and Zina Skandrani
E-mail: v.van-ryssegem(at)unesco.org and z.skandrani(at)unesco.org
Overview
Biosphere reserves are sites intended to help raising environmental awareness. This workshop offers a space for sharing several initiatives dedicated to education on biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development, implemented in biosphere reserves all over the world. These initiatives provide examples of engaging youth of several ages - children, teenagers and university students - and illustrate how biosphere reserves can foster a sustainable living by directly targeting future generations. Additionally, we would like to discuss the possibility of implementing a MAB Youth Network and the organization of a first World MAB Youth Forum.
Presentations
- Students on Ice: Climate Education - Eve Ferguson
- EUROPARC, Germany's Junior Ranger Program: A key to qualify and engage youth for nature protection - Guido Puhlmann
- Establishing a successful environmental education program - Taksin Artchawakom
- Experiencias de participación de los jóvenes en la implementación de los programas de gestión de la Reserva de Biosfera Península de Guanahacabibes, Cuba - Lázaro Márquez Llauger
- The Kruger2Canyons Youth Environmental Monitor Programme - Marie-Tinka Uys
- Organization of the 1st World MAB Youth Forum - Philippe Pypaert, UNESCO Venice Office