Environmental awareness through nature photographing and environmental education

1. Name and title of the person who formulated the commitment

Liisa Rohweder, CEO

2. Name of the committing organization

WWF Finland

Please indicate also the type of the organisation

NGO

3. Home country of the committing organisation

Finland

Organization homepage (like www.bsas.fi)

www.wwf.fi

9. Commitment title and designation/acronym etc (that you wish to use)

Environmental awareness through nature photographing and environmental education

10. Nature of commitment

Contribution

11. Description of commitment and the implementation strategy

WWF Finland and The Finnish Nature Photographers' Association commit to enhance environmental awareness through nature photographing and environmental education. An event gathering young people and nature photographers from all Baltic Sea states will be organised with an aim to facilitate learning about the biodiversity of the Baltic Sea nature and of ways to protect it. This commitment will be implemented under the protection of The President of the Republic of Finland.

12. Focus area (see HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan)

Awareness Raising

13. Objective of commitment and its impact on the Baltic Sea (temporary, permanent, etc.)

To highlight the biodiversity of the Baltic Sea. To raise environmental awareness among the young people living in the Baltic Sea catchment.

14. What is needed for the commitment to be successful? (one-time action, continuous support or/and financing, support for a certain time period)

One time financial support for organizing the international event between April-September 2010.

15. Geographic scope of the commitment (Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Proper, the Belt Sea and the Kattegat, the whole Baltic Sea, etc.)

All Baltic Sea states.

16. Partnership opportunities and contact information for this purpose

The Finnish Nature Photographers' Association, www.luontokuva.org

17. Is your commitment/contribution a highly significant, significant, medium or minor effort to your organisation?

Medium effort

18. Starting date

2010 April 30^th

20. Expected commitment duration

other

Expected commitment duration, if other

Five months

19. First / next milestone - title

Organization of the educational event.

First / next milestone - date

2010 June 30^th

First / next milestone - description

Securing financing and lauching the advertising of the event.

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