Regional Law No. 73-ZS “On ecological education, enlightenment and formation of ecological culture.” Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Altai Document type Legislation Date 2022 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Education Tourism Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes legal, organizational and economic grounds for the development of a system of environmental education and creation of conditions for the formation of environmental culture in the region. Environmental education shall be intended the process of education and training, directed at the formation of a system of value orientations, behavioral norms, obtaining special knowledge and the acquisition of environmental protection experience, nature management and environmental security. Environmental culture is a system of social relations, moral values, attitudes and norms of people's behavior in the field of human interaction with the environment in order to form environmentally oriented behavior of the people, ensuring environmental security and sustainable socio –economic development of the region. In order to form environmental culture and professional training of specialists in the field of environmental protection shall be established a system of universal and comprehensive environmental education, which includes general education, secondary vocational education, higher education and additional professional education of specialists, as well as the distribution of environmental knowledge, including through the media, museums, libraries, cultural institutions, environmental institutions, organizations of sports and tourism. Financial support of activities in the field of environmental education, formation of environmental culture in the region is carried out within the powers at the expense of the regional budget, local budget and other sources in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the regional legislation. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru