UNESCO organization honors young scientists

On May 30, the United Nations Science, Education and Culture Organization (UNESCO) honored six Young Science Award winners and two award winning Michel Batisse researchers for the field of management. biosphere and conservation.

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Six scientists received the UNESCO Young Science Award 2013: Julio Blas Garcia from Spain, Angela Camargo (Mexico), Bilal Habib (India), Hilaire Kouakou (Cote d'Ivoire), Atieh Kazemi Mojarad (Iran ) and Claudia Munera of Nicaragua.

The research projects that won the Young Science Prize 2013 mainly focused on the protection of biodiversity at nature conservation areas, sustainable development in biosphere areas through the promotion of epidemics. major ecological service.

Since 1989, the UNESCO MAB Program has awarded the Young Science Prize with a $ 5,000 reward, with the aim of encouraging young scientists to study topics such as ecology, natural resources and multi biological form.

Also at the meeting, UNESCO awarded two Michel Batisse prizes worth $ 6,000 in the field of managing and preserving the biosphere for two authors, Marisa Coetzee and Harry Biggs, for their studies related to biosphere conservation. from Kruger Park to the Canyons biosphere reserve of South Africa.