An initiative is underway to submit an application to the United Nations Environmental, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's Man and Biosphere Programme (UNESCO MAB) to have the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
The proposed biosphere reserve would include an area from the western boundary of the George Municipality to the Van Stadens River in the east and will be mapped into core areas (legally protected areas such as National and Provincial Parks); buffer areas (surrounding core areas providing support to the core areas and allowing for low impact activities); and transition area (urban and transformed).
Members of the public are invited to submit written comments by 27 February 2016.
