Environmental education and training in biosphere reserves: some Canadian experience
A rich array of environmental education and training programmes have been developed in most parts of Canada. These meet the needs and interests of diverse groups both within the formal education system and outside of it. But Canada to date has only two biosphere reserves and both have excellent "natural heritage interpretation" programmes for the general public. The most effective "educational" measure that could be taken in Canada now would be to develop at least one fully functioning biosphere reserve. This would demonstrate how the full potential of the concept may be adapted and applied to a particular set of circumstances in a manner seen to be useful by all concerned. The strategy required is to develop programmes for management- oriented ecological research and environmental monitoring that address important issues of concern to "user groups" associated with a biosphere reserve. Once these are developed it will be relatively easy to coordinate on-going education and training activities in mutually supporting ways. The "working model" that this would provide should make it much easier to encourage the establishment of new biosphere reserves. Some initiatives taken by the Waterton Lakes Biosphere Reserve Committee to apply the concept of a biosphere reserve more fully, are described. The approach being used by Canada/MAB to encourage the establishment of additional biosphere reserves is also noted.
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| Format: | biblioteca |
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1984
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| Subjects: | EDUCACION, RESERVA DE LA BIOSFERA, CANADA, |
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