Aruba Designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

ORANJESTAD – The 38th session of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) International Coordinating Council, held in Hernandarias, Paraguay, officially approved today the designation of the Aruba Biosphere Reserve, recognizing the entire island as part of UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

For more information, please consult the press release issued today by the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean, announcing the approval of the Aruba Biosphere Reserve by the MAB International Coordinating Council. This designation recognizes the entire island of Aruba as part of UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Text of video message by Eric Falt, Regional Director and Representative of UNESCO.