Back to basics: Gaps in baseline data call for revisiting an environmental education program in the SAVA region, Madagascar.

ABSTRACT: Environmental education programs are critically important for raising awareness about global and local environmental concerns, by providing the knowledge, tools, and means for young and old generations to cope with current challenges. Of the greatest importance is the implementation of environmental education programs in biodiversity hotspots where environmental crises are high and resources to fund mitigation programs are low. Madagascar is one such priority hotspot, featuring intensive wildlife-human conflicts due to shrinking natural environments. The Duke Lemur Center-SAVA Conservation Initiative has been conducting environmental education activities in the SAVA region, northeastern Madagascar, since 2011. These activities have been aimed at increasing awareness of local and global env

SUBMITTER: Blanco MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7173847 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature