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MANILA, Philippines — Unesco has designated the Matibay na Bayan ng Sablayan Biosphere Reserve in Occidental Mindoro as one of 14 new biosphere reserves added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves on World Environment Day.
The designation was announced on June 5 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), which said the new additions brought the global network to 797 biosphere reserves in 145 countries.
The Matibay na Bayan ng Sablayan Biosphere Reserve was among sites approved by Unesco’s International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme during its 38th session in Hernandarias, Paraguay.
Unesco said the other newly designated biosphere reserves are located in Albania, Algeria, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Canada, Iran, Mongolia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Portugal, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.
