Ir. Koen Vanderhaegen represented EVAMAB at the 5th General Assembly of AfriMAB, the African Network on Man and the Biosphere. The assembly was held at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria, from 11 to 15 September 2017. This meeting gathered MAB National Committees, biosphere reserves managers and experts from the Region. The theme was "Improving Governance of MAB Programme and of biosphere reserves in Sub-Saharan African countries".
It was the opportunity to present the EVAMAB project to the Assembly and organize a two steps-survey, using the Delphi method. The survey aimed at collecting the opinion of experts regarding the purpose, the design and the use of ‘ecosystem services assessment tools’ in UNESCO African Man & Biosphere (MAB) reserves. The results of this survey will be used for WP A of the project, consisting in a review of existing tools for the assessment of ecosystem services in MAB reserves.
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