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Nurturing Roots: The Importance of Integrating Land Restoration in Schools

  • UNCCD Land and Drought Pavilion, Blue Zone Al Wasl Avenue Dubai, Dubai United Arab Emirates (map)

With escalating environmental challenges like deforestation, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss, it is imperative that the younger generation is aware of, and actively engaged in, land restoration. Schools can play a pivotal role in promoting these initiatives through their curricula, thus ensuring an environmentally conscious and equipped future generation. By integrating this topic into educational curricula, we can equip the next generation with the knowledge, values, and skills needed to address these challenges. Land restoration is inherently interdisciplinary, encompassing biology, ecology, geography, social studies, economics, and more. Incorporating it into the curriculum can provide students with a holistic perspective on how different disciplines interrelate and contribute to problem-solving. Exposure to land restoration topics can also inspire students to pursue careers in environmental science, conservation, ecology, and related fields.

Join in-person at the Land & Drought Resilience Pavilion, Blue Zone, Opportunity Petal, Thematic Arena 4, 1st floor, Stand 205

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