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Desert Environment- Awareness and Education Programme
On the occasion of World
Environment Day 2006, and in line with the theme ‘Deserts
and Desertification’, CEE launched a Desert Environment
– Awareness and Education Programme, on 5 June
at Jaipur. Mr. Laxmi Narain Dave, Minister for Environment,
Forests and Mines and Ms. Rukmani Haldia, Principal
Secretary, Department of Environment, Forests and Mines,
Government of Rajasthan, inaugurated the programme and
released a set of three posters developed by CEE. The
programme is being supported by Department of Environment,
Government of Rajasthan and Rajasthan Pollution Control
Board and will be of one year duration ending on 5 June
2007.
The programme has been launched on
the National Green Corps
(NGC) platform and will cover 3000 schools in 12
desert districts of Rajasthan. CEE will be the resource
agency for development of material (a set of three posters
developed for WED, a handbook for teacher and a field
guide on flora and fauna for students), training of
master trainers and documentation of the project.
Bharat Scouts and Guides, the nodal
agency for the NGC programme in Rajasthan, will coordinate
the implementation of the project including school level
activities and action projects.
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