Swedish Biosphere Reserves as Arenas for Implementing the 2030 Agenda : Analysis and practice

This report investigates how the MAB Programme in Sweden, with its five biosphere reserves, can contribute to the imple­mentation in Sweden of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Five main functions the biosphere reserves fulfil in sustainable development are identified:Platforms for collaborationConnecting actors - Vertically and horizontallyIntegrating the 2030 Agenda goalsMaintaining healthy ecosystemsPromoting learning and awareness-raisingFunctions that complement the implementation work by public authorities, NGO's and other actors. The biosphere reserves' (BRs) work is based on collaboration, learning and a holistic view on people and nature. The BRs thorough experience of integrated work with sustainable development in practice in a Swedish context make them suitable as strategic areas to learn from, support and invest in when implementing the UN 2030 Agenda and the SDGs in Sweden. The report also propose pathways to strengthen and develop the MAB Programme in Sweden on a national level in order to further advance its role in implementing the 2030 Agenda in Sweden. An executive summary (in English or Swedish) can be downloaded from the website of the MAB programme in Sweden Swedish biosphere reserves as arenas for implementing the 2030 Agenda Sveriges biosfärområden – arenor för implementering av Agenda 203