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Unit 32: Role of Education in Generating Environmental Awareness

(vi) Media Action Plan: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has formulated a Media Action Notes
Plan which comprises a number of activities.
(vii) Environmental Information System (ENVIS): The Central Ministry of Environment and
Forests has started an Environmental Information System which is responsible for the
collection, collation, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of environmental Information to
decision makers, research scholars The ENVIS has a network of 78 subject- specific and state-
centers located across the country. Academicians, policy planners, environmental scientists
etc. can receive information for their work from these centers. The networking of all these
ENVIS centers have been made through a portal at URL http://www.envis.nic.in Sponsoring
of 'Bhoomi'- a weekly Environmental Magazine on Doordarshan, Launching Awareness
Campaign on selected environmental themes through different private T V channels,
Launching of a 15 minute programme entitled 'Yeh Gulistan Hamara' in twelve languages
on All India Radio.

What is Globe programe?

Self Assessment
1. Multiple choice questions:
Choose the correct option
(i) Environmental education became an integral component of National Policy on Education
in ................ .
(a) 1980 (b) 1986 (c) 1990 (d) 1995
(ii) The Environmental appreciation causes has been prepared by ................ in India under the
direction of the Ministery of human resources.
(a) Indira Gandhi National Open University
(b) Delhi University
(c) Aligarh Muslim University
(d) Banaras Hindu University
(iii) The population education program emphasized on various .............. types of ..............
(a) Genetical disorder (b) Environmental diseases
(c) transmitted diseases (d) Infections diseases
(iv) Presently the National Environmental awareness compaign is implemented through
................ regional resource agencies for specific states or regionsof the country.
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 29 (d) 32
(v) Green Olym paid is a ................ programme conducted by Tata energy Research Institute,
New Delhi
(a) Quiz (b) Research (c) Activity (d) Workshop
(vi) Environment Information System (ENVIS) has a network of ................ subject specific and
state center located across the country in which academocians, policy planness etc. can
receive information for their work form these centeres.
(a) 60 (b) 70 (c) 78 (d) 88
(vii) The ................ for building of environmental awareness is imparted through various means
like through eco clubs population education programmes, environmental compaigns
(a) Non Formal Environment Education(b)Formal Environment education
(c) Literal Environment Education (d) National Science Education

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