To fulfil its environmental goals, the Government will need to bring about change in all sectors of society. Environmental education has a key role to play, yet current initiatives are inadequate. Policies for environmental education emphasise the role of schools while taking insufficient account of the importance of social and cultural factors in determining people’s actions. Environmental edu...

Environmental mainstreaming (EM) is a policy instrument to integrate environmental risks and opportunities into planning and implementation. A body of knowledge exists on identifying barriers for EM at the national level. This paper identifies contributions of regional institutions for improving capacities for EM at the national level, using the Caribbean region as a case study. The methodology...

Ecotourism is based on three main concepts: conservation and protection of the environment, supporting local cultures and economies and environmental education for both locals and tourists. Thus far much of the research has focused on the first two components; largely ignoring the importance that environmental education has in the future of ecotourism and the conservation movement as a whole. T...