Biosphere reserves are recognised under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme with the aim of promoting sustainable development founded on the work of the local community. Once designated, they lie under the United Kingdom’s authority, but when grouped together in the global community together they make up a network of sites within the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR).
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