Vol 1, No 1 (2017) International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

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    International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Volume 1, Issue 1 (2017)
    (2017-01-06)
    The first issue of the International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.
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    Sustaining home: Canadian biosphere reserves in action, a companion to "Striking balance"
    (Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-01-06)
    Sustaining Home is the companion eBook for Striking Balance— an 8x50 minute documentary series that goes coast to coast — combining aerial, motion capture time-lapse, and nature photography to create a stunning picture of Canada’s biosphere reserves. Sustaining Home delves even deeper into our biosphere reserves - getting at the heart of what biosphere reserves are, and the principles and people that guide them. You’ll also be introduced to ten additional Canadian biosphere reserves, and gain more insight into some of your favourite characters from Striking Balance. Sustaining Home continues the journey of discovery that just might change the way you think about the natural world, and our place in it.
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    Stories from the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region
    (Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-01-06) Manson, Geraldine; Reed, Kathleen; Dunn, Greg; Bowes, Matthew; Jamieson, Glen; Springford, Colin; Olsen, Megan; Shewchuk, Mimi; Cormie, Brian; McCallum, Lorne; Smith, Faye; Hook, Denise; Mana, Kate; Dunbar, Robyn; Skipsey, Joe; Sorenson, Valerie; Sorenson, Neil; Reid, Carrie; Monty, Guy; Hillier, Jason; Kydd, Darcy; Marquez, Vanessa; Perry, Jennifer; Wortley, Doug
    Vancouver Island University students interview 21 people about their connections to the lands and waters within the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region on Vancouver Island. Includes underwater footage by Kathleen Reed, and aerial photography and video by Arrowsmith Aerial Photography of this fantastic place to live, learn, and recreate.
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    Land crab management for conservation and tourism development in UNESCO Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam
    (2017-01-06) Thao, Le Ngoc; Abelshausen, Bieke; Tri, Nguyen Hoang
    Land crabs, Gecarcoidea lalandii, native to forest and tidal areas, are considered a tropic factor sustaining the food chain and food web in marine-mountain ecosystem/ecotone, and a valuable source of nutrition for tourism and livelihood development. Land crab populations are used as indicators for forest and marine ecosystem health and are considered a contributing factor to the sustainable development of island communities. Cham Island, located in Quang Nam province in central coastal Vietnam is explored as a case study to examine the influence that socio-economic development and natural disasters have on land crab populations and the associated benefits for sustainable development. Attempt for solutions have been offered and implemented by governments, managers, the scientific and grassroots communities to aid in the conservation and sustainable development of this valuable resource. One example, resulting from cooperation between these various actors is the establishment of community management land crab teams, responsible for the sustainable exploitation and protection. Regulations, embedded in the governmental and social organization of the community, serve the purpose of a controlling mechanism by the development and implementation of criteria, indicators and parameters. These include exploitation area, exploitation seasonality, specie’s size, reproduction patterns, and eco-labeling. Besides, local authorities are testing a mechanism for cooperation between the four forces (Government, Scientist, Entrepreneur and Community) in the land crab management, conservation and development. They are promoting one of eight islands to create a sanctuary as a land crab bank of the UNESCO Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An biosphere reserve.
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    Looking inward, looking outward: Citizen science in the Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere
    (2017-01-06) Hatcher, Annamarie
    The Bras d‘Or Lake and watershed is a 3,566 km2 region of forest, freshwater and marine ecosystems in the centre of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The estuary occupies 31% of the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere and the watershed is thinly populated, with about 6 human residents per square kilometer (2006 census). The evolving Bras d’Or Watch program which is at the nexus of citizen science and public education seeks to strengthen the human-habitat bond among participants by: 1) providing a forum for citizens to interact with their place; 2) networking citizens who want to strengthen their bond with place; 3) matching residents with scientists and historians who can share their knowledge of place. The Bras d’Or Watch has a diversity of drivers and of anticipated outcomes. In the further development of the program, the goal is to blend ecosystem monitoring and observation based on connection to ‘place’ to develop an ecosystem-level synopsis (looking inward) which can be used to gauge response to aspects of global climate change (looking outward). Bras d’Or Watch is all about developing the tools to allow us to see and hear what Mother Earth is showing and telling us. This article serves to outline the early development of this program.