BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5. The 38th session of
UNESCO’s International Coordinating Council of the Man and the
Biosphere Programme is being held in the city of Hernandarias,
Republic of Paraguay, Azerbaijan’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO
said, Trend
reports.
Azerbaijan is represented at the session by a delegation from
the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, as well as representatives of the Permanent Delegation
of Azerbaijan to UNESCO.
During today’s meeting of the session, the nomination dossier of
Azerbaijan’s “Great Caucasus Biosphere Reserve” has been officially
included in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves. This
territory has become the first site from Azerbaijan to be included
in the network.
UNESCO currently has 784 biosphere reserves in 142 countries
around the world.