Morocco’s Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Samir Addahre, and UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General, Xing Qu, signed an agreement in Paris on Friday on the organization in the Kingdom of the 36th session of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (ICC-MAB).
This session, to take place on July 1-5 in Agadir, will be held in partnership with the Agence nationale pour le Développement des Zones Oasiennes et de l’Arganier (ANDZOA).
The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme is an intergovernmental scientific programme that aims to establish a scientific basis for enhancing the relationship between people and their environments. It combines the natural and social sciences with a view to improving human livelihoods and safeguarding natural and managed ecosystems, thus promoting innovative approaches to economic development that are socially and culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable.
On 1 July, the MAB-ICC will welcome a one day Conference on soil
and its crucial role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystems and the cycling of nutrients. This conference, entitled “Rooted in Resilience: Unearthing the importance of soil in Sustainable Development”, aims to discuss activities to measure soil-health in UNESCO designated sites, engage stakeholders for capacity building in sustainable soil usage, and empower development of lighthouse projects demonstrating best practices.
Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse