2011 Brochure – The Biosphere explained – in PDF format

We have received the official UNESCO Certificate designating the Bras d’Or Lake as a World Biosphere Reserve. It is a 13″ X 20″ parchment with the official seal of UNESCO and signed by the Director-General for UNESCO. It has been … Continue reading →

Here are links to the Nomination Document  (321 pages) and supporting maps submitted on June 22, 2010 to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization . These were approved and submitted on behalf of Canada to the UNESCO … Continue reading →

Map 1: Core and Buffer Areas Map 2: Land Use Buffer Areas only Core Areas only  

Here is an 8 page summary of the much larger nomination document written for the United Nations Man and the Biosphere Program to have the Bras d’Or Lake and its watershed designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. DOWNLOAD (PDF)

Click on the YEAR to access the minutes of meetings: 2009 2010 2011        

Emily MacDonald, a student working with Dr. Bruce Hatcher at CBU has researched different Biosphere Reserves in Canada, comparing them with our proposal in an attempt to help us with future planning. She looked at what they did in the first … Continue reading →

Bras d’Or (pronounced Bra-door) derives it name from Cape Breton’s first European French explorers/settlers who called it “Arms of Gold”. Some say it actually is a corruption of Labrador. The Mi’kmaq Nation named it Pitu’pok meaning “Salt Water”. Cape Breton … Continue reading →