CBRA

Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association

The Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association (CBRA) is a non-profit association that provides support and builds networking relationships to help develop and maintain biosphere reserves throughout Canada. Through CBRA, people in biosphere reserves can maintain communications among themselves and with other related organizations, collaborate on shared projects, and exchange local expertise.

CBRA aims to sustain our communities, our country and our planet through research, education, conservation and demonstration in the Canadian biosphere reserve network in a variety of ways:

• Developing and implementing projects for conservation, protection, and sustainable resource use suited to national and local needs;
• Training and involving local communities and volunteers in biosphere reserve activities;
• Promoting Canadian biosphere reserves and the biosphere reserve concept as a model for responsible, community-based resource management and sustainable development;
• Building a national network of biosphere reserves by encouraging the formation of new UNESCO biosphere reserves within Canada; and,
• Sharing information and services so that biosphere reserve activities can be used as models for national and international organizations.

There are 13 designated Biosphere Reserves in Canada: Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia; Mount Arrowsmith, British Columbia; Waterton, Alberta; Redberry Lake, Saskatchewan; Riding Mountain, Manitoba; Niagara Escarpment, Ontario; Georgian Bay Littoral, Ontario; Long Point, Ontario; Thousand Islands - Frontenac Arch, Ontario; Charlevoix, Quebec; Lac Saint Pierre, Quebec; Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec; and Southwest Nova, Nova Scotia.

For more information about the national, cooperative activities involving all of Canada's Biosphere Reserves, visit CBRA's website.

Or, view the new CBRA brochure, which provides an overview of biosphere reserves in Canada and outlines some of CBRA's most recent achievements.

View or Download the CBRA brochure:

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