This Regional Law establishes principles and particulars of organization and promotion of ecological education with a view implementation of state policy in the sphere of environmental protection and ensuring ecological safety. The scope of ecological education shall be as follows: (a) improvement of ecological culture, ecological education level and ecological knowledge of the population; and (b) sustainable development of the region. Basic principles of ecological education shall be as follows: (a) guaranteed universal access to ecological knowledge; (b) mandatory insertion of ecological knowledge in the educational system; (c) systemacity of ecological education; (d) public participation; (e) priority of ecological education; and (f) continuity of ecological education.
Russian Federation · 2007-03-06