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Project title
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Introducing biodiversity as a subject in schools
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| Summary – Reaching out to the young
people of Belarus, to help ensure the long-term survival
of their national heritage, by addressing this gap in their
education system. |
| Project code |
PECE-13 |
| Lead partner |
Royal Society for Protection of Birds |
| Other partners |
APB, Birdlife Belarus - an NGO
Ministry of Education, Belarus
United Nations Development Programme |
| Duration |
April 06 – April 08 |
| Location |
Belarus |
| Purpose |
To develop a new teaching module on biodiversity
conservation consistent with the school curriculum, to raise
the capacity of the teaching staff, and then systematically
offer the module to all 3,000 secondary schools in Belarus.
Under Article 13 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD), Belarus has an obligation to explain the importance
of, and the measures required for, the conservation of biological
diversity in its state education programmes. In Belarus there
is currently no formal curriculum subject covering nature and
biodiversity. |
| Themes |
Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development. |
| Funding |
£36,000 Defra; £36,000 project partners |
Further information/
progress |
n/a |
| Contact |
Mark Day: mark.day@rspb.org.uk |
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Partners
for Environmental Cooperation in Europe