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Implementing the biosphere reserve concept: the case of Parque Atlántico Mar Chiquito biosphere reserve from Argentina

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The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB) proposes an interdisciplinary research agenda and capacity building aiming to improve the relationship of people with their environment globally. The aim of this note is to analyze the problems detected during the process of implementation of the biosphere reserve concept in a highly developed region in a developing country, taking as example the Parque Atlántico Mar Chiquito Biosphere Reserve from Argentina. Two big questions emerge from this analysis: who empowers the local stakeholders in a context of private properties with high prices of commodities?, and how can scientific results related with the environmental sustainable develop be put in a practical context without appropriate institutions?

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Acknowledgements

I thank to Jeff McNeely whose comments have greatly improved the manuscript. Conversations with Oscar Iribarne and María S. Bó contributed to clarify ideas previously to write the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata and CONICET.

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  1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Juan Pablo Isacch

  2. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3250, CP 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Juan Pablo Isacch

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Isacch, J.P. Implementing the biosphere reserve concept: the case of Parque Atlántico Mar Chiquito biosphere reserve from Argentina. Biodivers Conserv 17, 1799–1804 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9224-0

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