6th Meeting of Italian Biosphere Reserves

The meeting comes at a strategic moment: a few weeks after the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves (Hangzhou, China, 22-26 September 2025), where the new Strategic Action Plan 2026-2035 and the Hangzhou Declaration will be adopted. The national meeting will therefore be an opportunity to translate together the new global guidelines into concrete priorities for Italy, consolidate existing collaborations and build new synergies.

Organised by the UNESCO MAB National Technical Committee and the Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security, in collaboration with the host Reserve Alpi Ledrensi e Judicaria, the meeting will see the participation of institutions, local communities, researchers and above all young people, the protagonists of the future of our Reserves.

Within the 4-day programme, these are the appointments specifically dedicated to and open to citizenship:

• 14 October at 20.30 - Conference room Grand Hotel Terme di Comano
  "In Cammino nella Biosfera": an evening event open to citizens and stakeholders of the Alpi Ledrensi e Judicaria Biosphere Reserve, to learn about the specificities of the Biosphere Reserve and raise awareness about UNESCO recognition
• 15 October at 9 p.m. - - Conference room Grand Hotel Terme di Comano
  "Energy and the environment": an evening event open to citizens and the community with guest Roberto Battiston, professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Trento, former president of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), and now president of the European Space Science Committee (ESSC). Moderator: Chiara Grassi, journalist.
• 16 October at 11 a.m. - Auditorium of Tiarno di sopra (Ledro)
  "Complex cohabitations, shared solutions: the challenge of sustainable tourism within a Biosphere Reserve": round table with Alessandra Odorizzi and Enrico Miorelli (ATA Garda Trentino - presentation of the strategic project for Lake Tenno and the Val di Ledro Sustainable Mobility Plan), Pietro Zanotti (President Ledro Inselberg APS - Where tourism meets the community: possible cohabitations), Mara Nemela (Director of the UNESCO Dolomites Foundation). Moderator: Rocco Scolozzi - Collaborating professor of the UNESCO Chair on Anticipatory Systems at the University of Trento

The meeting is aimed at institutions, local communities (especially young people), experts and researchers.

All Biosphere Reserves are asked to participate with a delegation of a maximum of 3 members (including at least one young person under 30 active in Biosphere Reserve management and projects).

Participation subject to registration

For information on the contents of the conference, please contact the Alpi Ledrensi e Judicaria Biosphere Reserve.

c/o Consorzio dei Comuni BIM Sarca Mincio Garda - Viale Dante, 46 - 38079 Tione di Trento (TN)
tel:+39 0465 321210
e-mail:mabunesco@bimsarca.tn.it

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For organisational information or the application form, please contact the event secretariat:

Orikata - events organisation
tel: +39 0461 824326
e-mail: orikata@orikata.it

Organiser

Ledrensi Alps and Judicaria Biosphere Reserve