| Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve | |
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  Location of Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve in Southern Ontario  Location of Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve in Canada | |
| Location | Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 44°30′03″N 76°14′26″W / 44.50083°N 76.24056°W |
| Area | 220,973 hectares (853.18 sq mi) |
| Established | 2002 |
| Governing body | Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve Network |
| Website | www |
The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located in southeastern Ontario, Canada. The biosphere reserve was designated in 2002, and is one of 16 biosphere reserves in Canada.[1][2] The Frontenac Arch Biosphere operates primarily within a 2,700 km2. region from Brockville to Kingston, extending north to Verona and Perth.
The Frontenac Arch Biosphere is located in the Thousand Islands - Frontenac Arch area, in one of the great crossroads of Eastern Canada. An ancient granite bridge, called the Frontenac Arch, runs from the northern Canadian Shield in Algonquin Park to the Adirondack Mountains in the United States. The granite arch intersects with the St. Lawrence River in the southernmost part of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere boundary, as the St. Lawrence River runs southwest to northeast from Kingston to Brockville.
The Biosphere Reserve operates as a not-for-profit network, called the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network, with over 100 regional partners, and a suite of programs aimed at encouraging the community to become a global model for sustainable development. The Frontenac Arch Biosphere’s activities are guided by three core functions as set by UNESCO and the Man and the Biosphere Programme:
- Conservation: To contribute to the protection of cultural diversity and biodiversity through sharing of knowledge and best practices concerning the conservation of ecosystems, species and the natural biodiversity of the region.
- Sustainable Development: To foster and promote human development that is socially, culturally, economically and ecologically sustainable for all time.
- Capacity Building: To facilitate dialogue and information-sharing between communities, resource sectors, governments and researchers, for the purpose of education, training, research and/or monitoring projects.
- ^ UNESCO Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. "Thousand Islands - Frontenac Arch". Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association. "Frontenac Arch, ON". Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.