Environmental Education: Biodiversity

M. Kassas ()
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M. Kassas: University of Cairo

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2002, vol. 22, issue 4, 345-351

Abstract: Abstract Environmental education was a principal topic on the agenda of the Stockholm 1972 Conference. In response to its recommendation UNESCO and UNEP developed and launched the International Environmental Education Program (IEEP) in 1977. Environmental education was perceived to encompass in-school and out-of-school activities and public awareness. Later developments added training to its objectives and the concept of sustainable development to its dimensions. The international Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) represented a phase in the world commitment to ‘conservation of nature.’ It underpinned biodiversity in the fields of environmental education. Biodiversity education is based on five pivots: scale of boundaries (from local to worldwide), perspectives, goals, themes (vary according to actors), and assimilation (evaluation of programs of action). Directions relate to learners and teachers, and processes address: awareness, school education, education (and professional training) at tertiary level, roles of communication and media institutions.

Keywords: international concerns; biological diversity; education; public awareness; training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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