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Thursday 17
March 2011 |
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Environmental
Film
Festival
in Latin
America
and the
Caribbean
Panama -
Several
countries
in Latin
America
and the
Caribbean
will
receive
this
year the
travelling
film
festival
"Cinema
and
Environment"
sponsored
by the
United
Nations
Environment
Programme
(UNEP).
The
festival
includes
full-length
and
short
films by
the
International
Environmental
Film
Festival
(FICMA)
and UNEP.
The main
topic
will be
the
environment
and
man's
relations
with the
natural,
social
and
cultural
environment.
The aim
is to
raise
awareness,
educate
and
spread
the
values
of
protection
and care
of the
environment
and the
planet,
according
to a
report
of UNEP,
which
has
among
its
tasks to
provide
information
about
the
environment
and
create
linkages
with the
population
to
contribute
to
sustainable
development.
UNEP
also
aims to
encourage
participation
in
environmental
care by
inspiring,
informing
and
providing
nations
and
peoples
with
instruments
that
contribute
to
improving
the
quality
of life
without
compromising
that of
future
generations,
the
document
says.
Audiovisual
aids are
fundamental
for a
critical
awareness
of the
reality,
it adds.
Environmental
issues
affect
all and
are the
responsibility
of
everyone,
and only
by
working
together--towns,
communities,
business,
industry,
civil
society,
governments
and
organizations--
can the
future
of the
planet
be
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