Characteristic of biosphere Reserve (BR)

Characteristic of biosphere Reserve (BR)

The main features are:

·         Each  reserve is a protected area of land and/or coastal enviornments. People living in these areas are an integral component of the system. They constitute a worldwide network.

·         Each BR includes the following category(s)

(a)    BRs must represent any of the anturalm biomes.

(b)   These areas may contain unique features of landscapes, ecosystems and genetic variations.

(c)    BRs have degraded ecosystems capable of being restored to natural conditions.

(d)   Brs have natural core area in combination with areas in which studies can be done.

Functions of Biosphere Reserves

·          To promote economic, cultural, social and ecological development at the local level

·         To develop the strategies for improvement and management of natural resources

·         To ensure conservation of landscape, ecosystems, species and genetic variations

·         To encourage the traditional ways of resources usage

·         To understand the functioning of ecosystems

·         To monitor the natural and human-caused changes

·         To provide support for research, monitoring, education and information exchange related to local. National and global issues of conservation and development

·         Development of community services in the management of natural resources

When the word biosphere is followed by a number, it refers to a specific system or number. Thus :

·         Biosphere 1 is the planet Earth.

·         Biosphere 2 is a laboratory in arizona which contains 3.15 acres of closed ecosystem.

·         BIO -3 is a closed ecosystem at the institute of Biophysics in Kransoyarsk, siberia.

·         Biosphere J (CEEF, Closed Ecology Experiment Facilities) is an experiment in Japan.