Waterton Biosphere Reserve was designated in 1979 under the internationally recognized Man and the Biosphere program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Biosphere Reserves are designed to promote and demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature.

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Waterton Biosphere Reserve works to fulfill three basic functions to meet their goal:

1. Biodiversity Conservation - to contribute to the conservation of landscapes, ecosystems, species and genetic variation by undertaking activities that ensure that no species, or ecosystem (representing relationships between species and with their environment) disappears completely from the face of the earth.
2. Sustainable Development - to foster economic and human development which is socio-culturally and ecologically sustainable by undertaking any form of economic activity (development) that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
3. Capacity Building - to provide support for research, monitoring, education, and information exchange related to local, national and global issues of conservation and development by undertaking activities that increase the abilities, interest, awareness and hope of people or organizations to benefit biological diversity conservation and sustainable development.

The Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association was incorporated October 2009.

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