MAB (Man and Biosphere) reservations have been instituted by UNESCO with the aim of preserving natural and cultural values of great importance, but also to study the relationships between human activities and nature, so to study, in the most balanced way possible, the development of our civilization.
Such reservations are 425 in 95 Countries; in Italy there are only 5: Parco Nazionale del Circeo in Lazio, Collemeluccio-Montedimezzo in Molise, Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio, Ville Vesuviane e Miglio d’Oro and Parco Nazionale del Cilento and Vallo di Diana in Campania, Riserva Naturale Marina di Diramare in Friuli Venezia Giulia.