- To provide an institutional mechanism for South and Central Asian countries to exchange information on the three functions of biosphere reserves.
- To compare experience in the management of biosphere reserves in South and Central Asia, particularly in relation to zoning and harmonizing a biosphere reserve’s goal of conserving biodiversity with its function of supporting socio-economic development of local economies and people;
- To exchange information with regard to institutional and administrative arrangements for the management of biosphere reserves of South and Central Asia and to make appropriate recommendations for improvement;
- To identify, design and implement short-term multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary studies that explore and demonstrate links between conservation of biodiversity and sustainable socio-economic development of local people in and around biosphere reserves of South and Central Asia.
- To provide opportunities for staff of biosphere reserves and coordinators of MAB National Committees in South and Central Asia to improve their knowledge and skills in implementing the Seville Strategy for Biosphere Reserves.
- To promote and strengthen co-operation between the SACAM Network and other UNESCO Member States in the Asia Pacific Region in the implementation of the Seville Strategy for Biosphere Reserves, and
- To promote and facilitate information exchange and inter-regional co-operation with similar networks in other parts of Asia and in the world (such as the East Asian Biosphere Reserve Network, EABRN; the Southeast Asian Biosphere Reserve Network, SeaBRNet; the African MAB Network, AfriMAB; the Arab MAB Network, ArabMAB; the European MAB Network, EuroMAB; the Latin American Biosphere Reserves Network, IberoMAB; and the Ibero-American Programme for the Development of Science and Technology, CYTED) and international organizations, such as IUCN, as well as any other interested international organization
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The following organizations/individuals from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Islamic Republoic of Iran, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are considered to be members of the SACAM Network: the MAB National Committees and affiliated government and private sector agencies; the UNESCO National Commissions and affiliated government and private sector agencies; staff of SACAM Network biosphere reserves included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves; and UNESCO staff of the International Secretariat of the MAB Programme and the UNESCO Offices in New Delhi (India) and Teheran (Islamic Republic of Iran), Islamabad (Pakistan), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Dhaka (Bangladesh).
Others who are part of national biosphere reserves in South and Central Asia, may be invited by Members to participate in specific activities of the SACAM Network. Similarly, representatives of other MAB Networks (in particular – EABRN and SeaBRNet), UNESCO National Commissions, MAB National Committees and affiliated government and private sector agencies in South and Central Asian countries other than those belonging to the SACAM Network, and international organizations (e.g. IUCN and UNEP) may be invited to participate in activities of the SACAM Network.
Any other country of the region may become a member of the SACAM Network upon its explicit request and upon approval by the SACAM countries. |
