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UNESCO's involvement in environmental awareness and education goes back to the very beginnings of the Organization, with the creation in 1948 of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature, now the World Conservation Union), the first major non-governmental organization (NGO) mandated to help preserve the natural environment.
The 1960s brought increased awareness of environmental issues, [11] leading to the first Earth Day event in 1970 [12] while environmental education gained definition and structure in the US and elsewhere in the 1970s through the United Nations’ Belgrade Charter, [13] and proceedings from the 1977 International Conference on Environmental ...
The book's legacy was to produce a far greater awareness of environmental issues and interest into how people affect the environment. With this new interest in environment came interest in problems such as air pollution and petroleum spills, and environmental interest grew.
- To inculcate environment awareness in society through social and cultural activities. - To disseminate information through mass media and publications on status and utilization of environment. - To conduct training programmes on environment education for students and youth. - To initiate public interest litigation against environmental ...
Since the 1970s, public awareness, environmental sciences, ecology, and technology have advanced to include modern focus points like ozone depletion, global climate change, acid rain, mutation breeding, genetically modified crops and genetically modified livestock. With mutation breeding, crop cultivars were created by exposing seeds to ...
Education and Awareness: One of the roles of the ministry is to increase public awareness and education concerning environmental and climate issues. [3] It seeks to involve the public and various stakeholders in conservation efforts.
The National Environmental Education Act of 1990 is an act of the United States Congress to promote environmental education. [1]In this act, Congress found that "threats to human health and environmental quality are increasingly complex, involving a wide range of conventional and toxic pollutants in the air and water and on the land" and that "there is growing evidence of international ...
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is a worldwide hands-on, science and education program focusing on the environment, now active in over 125 countries worldwide. [1] It works to promote the teaching and learning of science, enhance environmental literacy and stewardship, and promote scientific ...