The Vice President’s Office (VPO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture
is honored to present to you the National Environmental Education and Communication
Strategy (NEECS). This Strategy has been developed to harmonize and facilitate effective
implementation of Environmental Education (EE) and communication processes with policies
and strategies that focus on sustainable utilization of natural resources as well as sound
environmental management in Tanzania. The new National Strategy for Growth and Reduction
of Poverty (NSGRP), better known by its Kiswahili acronym MKUKUTA, has recognized this
and includes environmental interventions to help achieve sustainable growth and poverty
reduction. This includes the implementation of the new Environmental Management Act (EMA
2004) which provides statutory direction regarding environmental awareness, education and
public participation in environmental decision making.
The need and importance of Environmental Education and communication has been
emphasized in various national policies and strategies, as well as various pronouncements from
international fora including the International Conference on Environment in Stockholm 1972,
UNESCO`s International, Environmental Education Conference in Tbilisi 1977, Brundtland
report of 1987, Rio Earth Summit of 1992 commonly known as the UNCED and the
Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development of 2001.
