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E
MPOWERING
C
IVIL
S
OCIETY TO
M
ONITOR THE
E
NVIRONMENT
Education for Students, Awareness for the Public,and Functional Literacyfor Targeted GroupsDavid Lakshmanan Ariasingam
Economic Development Institute/Learning and Leadership CenterThe World Bank Washington, D.C.
 
 Table of Contents
Foreword3 Acknowledgments4Introduction5
Overview of the Paper6
Environmental Education for Students8
The Debate over Environmental Education9Teaching and Learning about Environmental Issues10
Environmental Awareness for Civil Society13Functional Literacy Programs for Targeted Groups15Case Studies18
Colombia: Managing the Urban Environment19Indonesia: Persuading Industries to Publish Emissions21Mexico: The National Information System for Claims and Complaints24The Philippines: The Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Program26Trinidad and Tobago: Management of Citizens’ Complaints29
Development Projects: Lessons and Realities31
Improving Community Awareness31Gathering Baseline Information34Strengthening Institutional Arrangements34Innovative Financing35Disbursements36Procurement36Monitoring and Evaluation37
Conclusion38References39
 
Foreword
Although progress has been made in safeguarding the environment during the fi-nal years of the twentieth century, an enormous challenge remains: providing anequitable standard of living for all without causing irreparable damage to lifesupport systems. Diseases resulting from environmental degradation kill one infive children before the age of five in the poorest areas of the world. Preventablediseases are concentrated among society’s poorest. In rapidly industrializingcountries, the poor face the old threats from a lack of adequate sanitation, hous-ing, and food as well as new threats from toxic chemicals and fumes from indus-tries and transport.This paper, with the help of case studies, provides evidence that empoweringcivil society to monitor the environment through environmental education for pri-mary and secondary students, environmental awareness programs for the public,and efforts to improve the functional literacy of targeted groups improve the ef-fectiveness and sustainability of environmental projects.Finally, a special word of thanks goes to the World Conservation Union (
iucn
)for its advice and encouragement.Vinod ThomasDirectorEconomic Development Institute/Learning and Leadership Center
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Dwi Retno Mulyaningrum

help me in environment paper

reply04 / 27 / 2010
vampirellina

very useful for my classes...thanks...

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