The MAB Programme contributes to global efforts for education and capacity building, particularly within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals as well as to the Lima Action Plan for UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and its World Network of Biosphere Reserves (2016-2025), through:

• MAB Young Scientists Award Scheme
• Michel Batisse Award
• Postgraduate studies
• The Regional School on Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Territories (French acronym: ERAIFT)
• Educational materials in the environmental sciences
• UNESCO Chairs in relation to biosphere reserves
• South-South Collaboration Programme
• Partnerships with private sector