The Sinharaja rainforest in southwestern Sri Lanka is a protected forest largely agriculture-dominated landscape. In keeping with global UNESCO biosphere reserves planning, the surrounded by buffer zone of regenerating and villages small tea plots multi-strata tree gardens (homegardens). Globally, however, conservation planning lacks standards on management. We ask what relationships exist betw...

The knowledge of biodiversity within an area is vital if we want to develop adequate conservation strategies. Biosphere Reserves are purposefully established for the sustainable use of their resources, and therefore their biodiversity should be well known. We compared and evaluated information available for Mexican Biosphere Reserves on threatened and non-threatened vertebrate species records f...

The Biosphere Reserve (BR) concept aims at encouraging sustainable development (SD) towards sustainability on the ground by promoting three core functions: conservation, development, and logistic support. Sweden and Ukraine exemplify the diverse governance contexts that BRs need to cope with. We assessed how the BR concept and its core functions are captured in national legislations. The result...