Synopsis
Science and technology are key components of social integration, sustainable development and poverty eradication based on equity, freedom, justice, governance and solidarity. The UNESCO's Basic sciences programme deals with molecular biology, biotechnology, chemistry, pure and applied physics and mathematics, as well as interdisciplinary areas that underlie human health, the preservation of the environment and human well-being.
Episodes
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Sustainable Projects
01/01/2011 Duration: 03minJohanna Mac Taggart, coordinator of the Swedish biosphere reserve of lake Varnen and organizer of the "farming systems & food security" workshop, March 2011, 24th , 25th. Extract: "We have a proposal to create a structure we call an « ecosystem venture incubator », so we work to promote more benefits from the ecosystems, more business development around this, and we're trying to create a space where people can meet to develop their ideas." Recorded at the "farming systems and food security workshop", UNESCO, March 24 - 25 2011
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Zonation of Biosphere Reserves
01/01/2011 Duration: 31sSergio Guevara Sada, President of IberoMAB network, Chairman of the Mexico MAB National Committee. Extract: "I think the best thing in biosphere reserves is the zonation."
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The Birth of the Biosphere Reserves and the MAB Programme
01/01/2011 Duration: 03minVernon Gilbert, U.S. Biosphere Reserves Association, and founding member of the MAB talk about how "a lot of the [MAB] concept was developed in 1968"
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40th Anniversary of MAB Programme: Wishes
01/01/2011 Duration: 01minSergio Guevara Sada, President of Ibero MAB Network, Chairman of the Mexican MAB National Committee, on how the Man and Biosphere programme "Is going to change the world!"
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40th Anniversary of MAB Programme
01/01/2011 Duration: 04minInterview with Natarajan Ishwaran, UNESCO-MAB Secretary, Director of Division of Ecological and Earth sciences. "What is important this year for this program: to look back and to look forward "