The low-lying island of Maldives has pledged to be the first nation where the entire country will be a biosphere reserve by 2017. It has set a goal that ensures that more than half of the country’s atolls are implementing the new approach by the end 2017, in order to trigger the application for Maldives as a Biosphere Reserve to be submitted to the UNESCO. The implementation plan, called ‘Maldives as a Biosphere Reserve: An Implementation Plan 2013-2017’, sets a roadmap for up to 2017, after which the plan will be updated based on progress and lessons learned.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/maldives-biosphere-reserve-implementation-plan-2013-%E2%80%93-2017
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/government-maldives
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biosphere-reserves
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maldives
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/convention-biological-diversity-cbd
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
