Education for nature, fad or emergency?

We live in times where we are increasingly separated from nature, further away from understanding the real benefits that natural ecosystems bring us. People experience or spend less and less time in nature while sustainable development is largely just a concept or a mission, in a way it is handed down to our grandchildren and we see it as something we will only get to in future. Young people are increasingly connected to electronic devices, and skills related to empathy and connection to the living world that surrounds us are increasingly lacking.

At the same time, more and more nature conservation projects are being implemented, and it is the general public or, more specifically, local communities who need to understand why these active conservation measures are very often applied to their land or property, with actual implications in how to manage a natural resource, be it a forest ecosystem, a meadow, or an aquatic ecosystem. In parallel with these, or perhaps even faster, as we have observed in recent years, the effects of the development model of human society on nature are increasingly felt. Climate change, species extinction, jeopardizing access to basic resources in various places on Earth.

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