"Working Together for the Prosperity and Posterity of Our Communities"

Designated by UNESCO in 1986 our mission is to foster and encourage a sustainable community based regional economy, with high biodiversity, landscape, and social values, with Riding Mountain National Park of Canada as a key component.

Riding Mountain UNESCO World Biosphere Region (RMBR), one of 19 Biosphere Regions in Canada, was designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1986. It is a special area within which people are encouraged to demonstrate better approaches to conservation and sustainable resource use

The core protected area, Riding Mountain National Park, covers some 3,000 square kilometres of mixed-wood forest, eastern deciduous forest, and rough fescue prairie. RMBR also includes a Zone of Cooperation which consists of the 12 municipalities and 4 First Nations that surround the Park, comprising an additional 12,000 square kilometres. The RMBR is encompassed primarily by Treaty 2 and to the west adjoined to Treaty 4. The landscape has been settled and managed by First Nations people since time immemorial.

The RMBR is rich in lakes, streams and natural habitat. Development within the Biosphere Region has largely been for the growing of grain and forage crops, and for the production of livestock. Hunting, guiding, and eco-tourism also contribute to the local economy.