Sequoia-Kings Canyon National
Sequoia National Park, United States
United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization <br> <b>MAB</b> <br> Program on Man and the Biosphere <br> By decision of the Bureau of the International Coordinating Council of the Program on Man and the Biosphere, duly authorized to that effect by the council <br> <b> Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks </b><br> is recognized as part of the International Network of Biosphere Reserves. This network of protected samples of the world’s major ecosystem types is devoted to conservation of nature and the scientific research in the service of man. It provides a standard against which the effect of man’s impact on his environment can be measured. <br> <br> 26 October 1976 <br> Amadou-Mahtar M’BOW <br> Director of General of UNESCO <br>