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V I S I TO R S TO R E D B E R RY L A K E B R F R O M G E R M A N Y
We hosted two delegates from our partner Biosphere Reserve Rhoen from Germany in September. Together with our Canadian partner BRs Georgian Bay (Ontario) and Charlevoix (Quebec), we presented the joint brochure “Partners in the World Network” to other Canadian Biosphere Reserves at SENS, U of S, and to the public at Redberry Lake Research and Education Centre. To this presentation we were pleased to welcome Barbara HoggardLulay, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Saskatchewan, Sabine Doebel-Atchison, Executive Director of the Saskatchewan German Council as well as Alex Cunningham, online marketing specialist with Tourism Saskatchewan. This brochure is the first joint project of the partnering Biosphere Reserves introducing each of the four sites, their projects and experiences. Written in three languages (English, French and German) the brochure promotes tourism to these Biosphere Reserves and also serves as an example of an active partnership in a World Network. “There are almost 600 sites in this worldwide network of Biosphere Reserves but networks can only thrive if the people involved get to know each other, exchange ideas and implement joint projects”, explains Karl-Friedrich Abe, Head of Administration of the Rhoen Biosphere Reserve/Thuringia. “We are very proud to have such a vital partnership that goes beyond being colleagues – we found Andrew Hawrysh, Redberry Lake BR, Rebecca Pollock, Georgian friends here and that is very important to us”, says Abe. Bay BR, Karl-Friedrich Abe, Rhoen BR, Claude Letarte, CharleHe and his colleague Reinhard Braun, responsible for Geographic Information System (GIS) at the Rhoen Biosphere Reserve/Thuringia also had the chance to visit Saskatchewan’s north.
voix BR and Reinhard Braun, Rhoen BR, presenting the brochure “Partners in the World Network” as their first joint project.
Tourism Saskatchewan, Clearwater Canoeing and the owners of “Forest House” invited the two delegates as well as representatives from Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve to this wilderness lodge in the Boreal forest near Missinipe. “Forest House” is constructed and operates to have a minimal impact of the delicate ecosystem. “This is a very good example of the sustainable co-existence of people and nature”, says Andrew Hawrysh, Chair of Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve, “Although this region is not a Biosphere Reserve, it demonstrates exactly what a Biosphere Reserve is all about: Living and working in a way that we can offer future generations the same ecological goods and services we were offered.” The brochure “Partners in the World Network” can be downloaded at www.redberrylake.ca. Hard copies can be ordered at RLBR.
We thank the following people, groups and businesses for their amazing support through donating food and other items, money and time: Clearwater Canoeing Eb’s Sail & Sports Forest House JD Meats Bruce & Denise Kowalchuk Osprey Wings Ltd. Village of Paynton Re-art-cycle Paynton Robertson Trading Ltd. Sask Made Tourism Saskatchewan Audrey Zyznomirski
Congratulations to Oksana Zbyranyk to her masters degree in Environment and Sustainability! As a student at SENS she conducted her thesis on “Collaboration between researchers and biosphere reserve practitioners” and used Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve as case study. The findings of her thesis were presented to the public in October. The thesis can be found online at www.redberrylake.ca/ researchintous. We thank Oksana for choosing Redberry and area for her research and wish her all the best! It was wonderful working with you!
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