乞力马扎罗山和非洲水牛，肯尼亚 Mount Kilimanjaro with Cape buffalo in foreground, Amboseli Biosphere Reserve, Kenya (© RealityImages/Shutterstock)

乞力马扎罗山和非洲水牛，肯尼亚 Mount Kilimanjaro with Cape buffalo in foreground, Amboseli Biosphere Reserve, Kenya (© RealityImages/Shutterstock)

一个关于可持续发展的实验 An experiment in sustainability

国际生物圈保护区日

联合国教科文组织将2022年11月3日定为第一个一年一度的国际生物圈保护区日。生物圈保护区是世界各地的广大地区，用于促进生物多样性、文化多样性、环境可持续的经济发展以及人类如何与自然共存的研究和教育。

我们今天介绍的安博塞利生物圈保护区位于乞力马扎罗山的肯尼亚一侧，包括各种各样的生态区，包括干燥的山地森林、山地、热带草原、湿地和沼泽。大象、狮子和长颈鹿在安博塞利安家。安博塞利于1980年被指定为联合国教科文组织生物圈保护区，是联合国赞助的一个项目的重点，该项目旨在确保该地区生物多样性的长期保护，部分方式是让当地居民参与可持续利用。

International Day for Biosphere Reserves

UNESCO designated November 3, 2022, the first annual International Day for Biosphere Reserves. Biosphere reserves are vast areas around the world used to promote biodiversity, cultural diversity, environmentally sustainable economic development, and research and education on how humans can coexist with nature.

The Amboseli Biosphere Reserve, which we feature today, is located on the Kenyan side of Mount Kilimanjaro and includes an amazing variety of ecological zones, including dry mountain forest, mountains, savannah rangelands, wetlands, and swamps. Elephants, lions, and giraffes make their home in the Amboseli. Designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1980, Amboseli was a focus of a UN-sponsored program to ensure the long-term conservation of biodiversity in the area, partly by involving the local population in sustainable use.