The application was promoted by AGE - Association Geopark Estrela, with scientific coordination of Helena Freitas, of the Functional Ecology Center of the University of Coimbra
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The new Star Biosphere Reserve covers an area distributed by the six municipalities of Serra da Estrela Natural Park: Seia, Gouveia, Celorico da Beira, Guarda, Manteigas and Covilhã.
The Serra da Estrela was integrated this Friday in the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve Network, an international distinction that prevails territories that reconcile nature conservation with sustainable development
The Serra da Estrela becomes part of the World Biosphere Reserve Network, a distinction attributed by UNESCO to territories that reconcile "the conservation of nature with sustainable human development", was released today.