This Law is intended to guide CIS member states in the legal regulation of relations in the field of environmental education and environmental culture and is aimed at realizing the rights of citizens to a favorable environment, environmental education, and environmental culture. The goal of environmental education and environmental culture is to implement the principle of sustainable development in the field of environmental protection, environmental education, and culture. This Law is based on the following principles and general provisions of policy in the field of environmental education and environmental culture of the population: (a) creation of favorable conditions for environmental education and formation of environmental culture; (b) systematic, continuous and comprehensive environmental education of the population; (c) orientation of environmental education towards sustainable development; (d) the focus of environmental education on solving practical problems of optimizing natural resource management, preserving nature and improving the quality of the environment; (e) openness and accessibility of environmental information; (f) participation of citizens, government agencies, public associations and other organizations in the development of environmental education and the formation of environmental culture among the population; (g) consideration of the regional focus of the content of environmental education and culture; and (h) universality of environmental education and culture of the population (education of all social and age groups of the population).
2017-03-27