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Isle of Man received the status of UNESCO site

Автор: OUTLOOK 04.04.2016 | nature

Recently the department of United Nations on the questions of education, science, and culture of UNESCO awarded the whole island with the status of protected biosphere reserve.

As British Daily Mail reports, the stated title belongs to the island for its beauty, wild nature, and sea animals.

Autonomous ownership of British crown appeared in the list of twenty new places joined the international network of biosphere reserves upon the decision of UNESCO.

Minister of Environment, Food, and Agriculture Richard Ronan marked that special status awarded to the island reflects its unique life quality.

Besides that, minister hopes that new status is to spread all over the world the message intended to say that island is a wonderful place for travels, life, work, and business.

In total, in the world currently there are 669 biosphere reserves situated within the territories of 120 countries. Among British ones, apart from Isle of Man, there are reserve Biosffer Dyfi in Wales, conservation area in North Devon and Loch Druidibeg in Scotland.

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