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Nature parks, museums, gardens, and zoos for biodiversity conservation and environment education: the Philippines

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1998
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Bagarinao, Teodora
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Abstract
Public consciousness about biodiversity and the environment, and their importance for sustainable development is not widespread in the Philippines. This article advocates nonformal environment education through nature recreation as a means toward 'greening, the mind and the spirit of the citizens. Information is provided about biodiversity, and the status and potential of nature parks, museums, gardens, and zoos in the country. Many of the 116 national parks and protected areas have been exploited for products and energy, and only some provide for recreation-cum-education. The Philippines has no national botanical garden, zoo, or aquarium, and the National Museum is not the proud institution that it should be. Some universities have small museums, botanical gardens, and other biodiversity exhibits for instruction and research, but these and the few zoos and wildlife centers are poorly funded or managed.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10862/1730
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Bagarinao, T. (1998). Nature parks, museums, gardens, and zoos for biodiversity conservation and environment education: the Philippines. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 27(3), 230-237. http://hdl.handle.net/10862/1730
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collections ASFA; biodiversity ASFA; nature conservation ASFA; recreation ASFA; nature reserves AGROVOC; national parks AGROVOC; botanical gardens AGROVOC; zoos AGROVOC; informal education AGROVOC; human behaviour AGROVOC; Philippines AGROVOC
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