Title:
Education Awareness and Training for Wilderness Conservation
Author: Dr. Erach
Bharucha
E-mail resolution sponsors now!
WHEREAS,
The concepts and action program that are necessary to support
wilderness are clearly evident;
The
6th World Wilderness Congress hereby resolves that:
- There is an urgent need to integrate the importance of wildlands into formal educational
curriculum;
- That governments integrate the wildland concept with issues related to sustainable
landscape development into school and college curricula at the global, national and local
levels;
- Ensure that wilderness concepts are also communicated through the mass media for
generating public awareness;
- Capitalize on youth organizations, which serve as an effective workforce for
environmental awareness at the community level.
Sponsored by:
Dr. Erach Bharucha
Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University
Institute of Environmental Education & Research
Katraj, Dhankawadi, Pune: 411043, India
Tel: +91-212-525684
Fax: +91-212-539121
E-mail: bvieer@bom3.vsnl.net.in
