Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Eco-Learning at the Zoo

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CARACAS, Dec 9 2002 (IPS) - Students from 30 Venezuelan schools have taken part in the conservation and ecology education activities at Chorros de Milla zoological park, in the western state of Mérida, in the first weeks of the program. The goal of the plan is to reach some 100,000 schoolchildren in the Venezuelan Andean region to “foment an ethical and responsible attitude among children and adolescents about environmental conservation and the protection of endangered species,” says Jorge Cegarra, president of the government's tourism enterprise, a partner in the project.

Chorros de Milla is home to numerous endangered species, such as the spectacled bear and the Andean condor.