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The U.S. MAB Program Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

The U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program (U.S. MAB) is an interagency effort which funds policy-relevant research on ecosystem sustainability, global change, and biodiversity. U.S. MAB coordinates the development of a national network of biosphere reserves, and facilities U.S. involvement in parallel international networks. The U.S. MAB Secretariat, its administrative office, is located in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

BRIM - Flora and Fauna Species Inventories from Protected Sites Worldwide
U.S. Man and The Biosphere Program
Directory of U.S. Biosphere Reserves
U.S. Biosphere Reserves
Biosphere Reserves in Action: Case Studies of the American Experience (4/97)
Geographic Information Systems. A Data Dictionary for South Florida
Strategic Plan for the U.S. Biosphere Reserve Program

MABNetAmericas: The Ecological Network for the Americas

Key Testimony

3/18/99: Melinda Kimble before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
2/12/98: Rafe Pomerance before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate
6/10/97: Rafe Pomerance before the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Man and the Biosphere Bulletins:

U.S. MAB Bulletin Vol. 21, No. 3, December 1997
U.S. MAB Bulletin Vol. 21, No. 2, July 1997
U.S. MAB Bulletin Vol. 21, No. 1, March 1997
U.S. MAB Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 3, December 1996
U.S. Man and the Biosphere Bulletins (Gopher collection)

Biosphere Reserve Integrated Monitoring (BRIM) Bulletins:

BRIM Bulletin, May 1998

Fact Sheets:

What is U.S. MAB? (3/5/98)
U.S. MAB Biosphere Reserves (3/5/98)
U.S. MAB Research Program (3/5/98)
U.S. MAB Partnerships (3/5/98)
U.S. MAB International Program (3/5/98)

For addition information, contact the U.S. MAB Secretariat at OES/ETC/MAB, SA-1, Room H245, Department of State, Washington, DC 20522-0102. For meta data on species lists of biosphere reserves in the Europe and Western Hemisphere, contact the Information Center for the Environment and MABFauna, at the University of California at Davis.

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