The Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. Even though the MAB programme was officially launched in 1971, the Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the Biosphere hosted by UNESCO in Paris In September 1968 is often cited as the conceptual birth of MAB.
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| Subject | Man and the Biosphere Programme |
| Category | UNESCO conservation programme |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 1971 |
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