Raising environmental awareness in the Baltic Sea area
By: Marjust Partanen-Hertell...[et al.]
Contributors: Partanen-Hertell, Marjut.; Finnish Environment Institute.
Series: Finnish environment -- 327.
Publisher: Finnish Environment Institute
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Environmental protection -- Baltic States.; Baltic Sea.
Description: This report provides information, findings and action proposals for increasing environmental awareness in the Baltic Sea area. It is intended to serve the European Union, HELCOM and other international, national, local as well as sectoral actors in their activities related to environmental awareness and public participation. The countries in the Baltic Sea area are in different stages of environmental awareness. The demand for environmental information, education and training as well as the possibilities to improve the situation are also varying considerably. To investigate these issues, a questionnaire was sent to 850 key persons in the whole area representing various professional groups -politicians, administrators, researchers, educators, farmers, business, media, NG0s etc. Opinions on the levels of environmental awareness -which consists of motivation, knowledge and skills and the state of the environment in different countries were also compared. On the basis of the questionnaire, interviews and an international workshop, proposals for raising environmental awareness around the Baltic Sea were created. The proposals were targeted to action levels, which were connected to geographical areas - region, subregion, nation, local or professional/occupational groups. In addition, a case example was made for Helsinki Commission by formulating some proposals for creating a new information and communication policy. The methods used in this project may also be applied in other multinational regions, such as in the Mediterranean.
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