Biosphärenreservat
national definition:
adapted from: ARL - Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ed.): Planungsbegriffe in Europa, Deutsch-Niederländisches Handbuch der Planungsbegriffe, Hannover 2003.
biosphere reserve
english definition:
A biosphere reserve is a large, suitably protected area forming part of a global network of similar conservation areas. It serves to maintain the natural capacity of eco-systems to develop and for nature conservation research, and is integrated into an international system of environmental auditing. As a rule, biosphere reserves are zoned according to the intensity of human intrusion. A core zone is particularly strictly protected against harmful impacts, and a transitional zone contains areas given over to traditional uses, trial areas for experimental research, and areas for regeneration. Since 1976 these reserves have been recognised under the UNESCO “Man and the Biosphere” programme. There is now an international network of such inland and coastal reserves, including just over 500 in 102 countries (status October 2005). In Germany 14 biosphere reserves have been established pursuant to the Federal Nature Conservation Act and recognised by UNESCO.

Belarus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Poland
Russia
Sweden

