NEED FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS

1. Increasing population, urbanization and poverty have generated pressure on the natural resourses and lead to a degradation of the environment. 
2. To prevent the environment from further degradation ,the supreme court has ordered and initiated environment protection awareness through government and non government agencies to take part in protecting our environment. 
3. Environmental pollution cannot prevented by laws alone. Public participation is equally important with regard to environmental protection. 
4. Environmental education is a process of learning by giving an overall perspective of knowledge and awareness of the environment. 
5. It sensitizes the society about environmental issues and challenges interested individuals to develop skills and expertise thereby providing appropriate solution. 
6. Climate change, loss of diversity ,ozone layer depletion, illegal trade of endangered species, destruction of habitats, land degradation, environmental pollution, storm water pose a serious threat to ecosystem in forest, rural, urban and marine ecosystem. 
7. Both formal and informal education on the environment will give the interested individual the knowledge, values, skills and tools needed to the face the environmental challenges on a local and global level