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Environmental Education in Costa Rica: Building a Framework for Sustainable Development?

Blum, Nicole (2008) Environmental Education in Costa Rica: Building a Framework for Sustainable Development? International Journal of Educational Development, 28 (3). pp. 348-358. ISSN 0738-0593

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.05.008

Abstract

Environmental education is commonly claimed to be at the centre of efforts to achieve sustainable development. Since the 1980s, Costa Rica has been one of the acknowledged leaders in efforts to promote environmental learning, and national policy includes a threefold national development strategy which simultaneously promotes education, conservation and ecotourism. As of yet, however, what is happening ‘on the ground’ has not been examined in much detail. This article addresses this gap in the literature by providing an overview of the diverse programmes and actors involved in environmental education in Costa Rica, as well as analysing the politics of its implementation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ethnography, Central America, Environmental issues environmental education, sustainable development, Costa Rica
Subjects: Departments > Geography, Enterprise, Mathematics and Science
Depositing User: IOE Repository Editor (2)
Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2009 15:11
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2012 22:22
URI: http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/260

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