CKCEST Geographic Resource and Map Information Project delegation visited UNESCO

On July 5-7, 2015, a delegation of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and National Resources Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a partner of the CKCEST Geographic Resource and Map Information Knowledge Service System, paid a visit to UNESCO Headquarters, where the delegation had a meeting with Mr. Han Qunli,Director of the Executive Office of the Natural Sciences Sector and secretary of Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, UNESCO, which introduced relevant progress of CKCEST. The two sides communicated and reached a preliminary consensus on a series of cooperation topics, including information sharing of the MAB Programme, biosphere monitoring in the context of climate change, and international training.