Biosphere

In the course of an outing to London yesterday, we acquired the two free papers, the Metro and the Standard. Turning the pages of one of them over breakfast toast, I made the discovery that there is a Unesco Biosphere Reserve in the Isle of Wight.

Had they rebadged Shanklin Chine since we were last there in July, noticed at reference 1. Or Ventnor Botanic Garden, noticed at reference 2. Was this last more likely, given the undercliff micro-climate, once so helpful to consumptives?

So I ask Bing, whose first effort was the Unesco flavoured server error above. But pushing on, I get to reference 3. from which I learn that the whole island seems to be a Biosphere. Complete with Biosphere Buffer Zone, Biosphere Core Zone and Biosphere Transition Zone. Perhaps the scheme is that a tourist outfit, perhaps representing tourist facilities and attractions in a place like the Isle of Wight, pays a suitably fat fee to the people at Unesco, after which they are allowed to use all this Unesco/Biosphere branding in their advertisements? With all the arty people who put the branding together getting a slice of the pie?

References

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/07/shanklin.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/07/ventnor.html.

Reference 3: https://www.iwbiosphere.org/.