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For five years the World Forum Foundation (WFF) has participated informally in the Consultative Group on Early Care and Education (CG), a consortium of the leading global early childhood NGOs such as UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, Save, Plan International, and the InterAmerican Development Bank. This year WFF was invited to be an official partner of the CG and participated in their Annual Consultation in Antigua. 

At this event, Yoshi Kagi of UNESCO introduced members to her organization's "Man and Nature: Living in Harmony" project.  With this project, UNESCO is developing a world network of 553 biosphere reserves in 107 countries.  UNESCO is acting under these principles...

• Maintaining biodiversity, finding the right balance between human activities and environmental protection, safeguarding inhabitants’ traditional rights and preserving wildlife constitute the main challenges for the sustainable management of biosphere reserves.
• Understanding people as integrated in the biosphere, it promoted a beneficial interaction between societies and their environment.
• In order to meet their goals, the biosphere reserves are divided into three zones: one or more core areas dedicated to conservation of genetic diversity of species and of the ecosystem; a clearly identified buffer zone used for co-operative activities compatible with sound ecological practices; and an adaptable transition area that promotes the creation of partnerships for sustainable development.

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Exchange has a wide variety of resources on environments that can be purchased separately or altogether at a discounted price in our Environments Tool Kit.  Exchange environmental resources in the kit include...

Books:

• Caring Spaces, Learning Places: Children's Environments That Work
• Natural Playscapes: Creating Outdoor Play Environments for the Soul
• Learning With Nature Idea Book: Creating Nurturing Outdoor Spaces for Children

Beginning Workshop Units:

• Environments for Special Needs
• Environments
• Nature and Young Children
• Outdoor Environments
• Space
• Science, Using the Outdoors
• Learning Materials

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