Environmental Education Centre

Added: (Thu Aug 13 2009)

Pressbox (Press Release) - C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC) is a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, established jointly by the Ministry and the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation. C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre in collaboration with the British High Commission, New Delhi implemented a project on Biodiversity Conservation through Capacity Building. The objective of the project was to provide participants an understanding of the design and nature of sustainable development programmes.C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC) strives to increase awareness and knowledge of key target groups (school children, local communities, woman etc.) about the various
aspects of environment.Environmental laws play a vital role in the control of environmental pollution and conservation. Environmental laws with its claws, paws and jaws, are formulated to preserve and protect our environment. CPREEC has been actively involved and provided valuable inputs for developing the curriculum for environmental education in schools at the
national as well as the state level.C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre has been working with women under the ‘Women and Eco-development’ programme, which is a part of the rural eco-development initiative.The Board of Governors of the C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre decided to institute an annual C. P. R. Environmental Education Centre Award for
Environmental Education.CPREEC has its own monitoring & assessment programmes as a part of its lab services.

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