Biosphere Reserves and Sustainable Development Goals 2: Issues, Tensions, Processes and Governance in the Mediterranean [Hardcover]

Since 1971, UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme has embraced a number of principles that link the political, scientific and academic spheres.

Biosphere Reserves and Sustainable Development Goals 2 is a reminder of the fundamental issues involved in governance. The diversity and multiplicity of stakeholders, and the complexity of the interplay between them, as well as their organization, are decisive factors in the proper management of resources and territories.

The book also presents a number of case studies demonstrating that, between the strong development aspirations of their populations, the impact of human activities and the need to conserve their biological heritage, the biosphere reserves of the southern Mediterranean are facing major issues: agricultural pollution, forest fires, water use in a context of climate change, etc.

Presentation of the Authors of the Two Volumes xiii

Introduction xxiii
Angela BARTHES, Catherine CIBIEN and Bruno ROMAGNY

Part 1 Process, Governance and Climate Change Across the Mediterranean 1

Introduction to Part 1 3
Catherine CIBIEN

Chapter 1 Biosphere Reserves in National Legislation and Public Policy 5
Catherine CIBIEN, Lahoucine AMZIL, Joelle BARAKAT, Antonio BONTEMPI, Pierre DOUMET and Maria Carmen ROMERA-PUGA

1.1 Introduction 5

1.2 The place of the biosphere reserve in national legislation 6

1.3 The place of MAB national committees in national governments 9

1.4 The place of the biosphere reserve model in public policy 13

1.5 Discussion 26

1.6 References 28

Chapter 2 The EmelÓ7