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Environmental education in the municipality of San Carlos. Nicaragua.
This education project will be executed by the MARENA
delegation in San Carlos, Department of San Juan, and will focus on
learning by doing. It is targeted at children, women, and youth and is
directed towards on real environmental problems–deforestation, pollution,
inappropriate use of agrochemicals, sustainable development of
biodiversity, the true value of water, and lost economic opportunities.
The municipal government, schools, and local NGOs will all participate.
Nurseries for native species and organic compost heaps will be
established, community tree planting and reforestation projects carried
out, and sound financial management practices will be instituted to assure
the profitability of the activities. The experience gained will be shared
with Costa Rica in the framework of the demonstration project described
under 12(b), through direct contacts and through the Federation of Local
Governments of border town. Environmental
education in San Carlos Canton. Costa Rica.
The municipal government of San Carlos Canton will
execute this project, and its results will be applicable to the entire
basin. Its purpose is to create educational programs showing the unique
nature and importance of the basin and its ecosystems and natural
resources. It aims at various social levels and–children, schools, adults,
women, farmers and business people. The groups themselves will participate
in the research, design, and production of study materials under the
leadership of specialists in environmental education and watershed
management. This project is complementary to 12(a) and the lessons learned
will be shared through the Federation of Local Border Town Governments.
Students for a clean Oro River. Nicaragua.
This demonstration project aims to show the benefits
of involving secondary-school students in community-based efforts to clean
up the river, and how this contributes to their education and to the
overall environmental awareness of the community. Students from Rivas, San
Jorge, and neighboring communities will come together to study the
situation and propose and carry out activities aimed at cleaning up the
Oro River, currently polluted by wastewater and solid waste. The loss of
canopy forest and inappropriate land use have altered the hydrological
system of the river, whose mouth is at San Jorge, the second largest
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