S.L. 549.44 Art. 40Communications, education, public awareness. S.L. 549.39

(1) The competent authority shall promote education and general information on the need to protect species of wild fauna and flora and to conserve their habitats and natural habitats.

(2) In this respect, the competent authority, shall promote and encourage:

(a) appropriate publicity to the establishment of protected sites, their boundaries, applicable regulations, and to protected species and their habitats;

(b) the understanding of the importance of, and the measures required for, the conservation, protection and management of biodiversity;

(c) the inclusion of biodiversity protection and management, the interest and value of protected sites and protected species, the scientific knowledge which may be gained from the point of view of nature conservation, and other relevant points of view in appropriate education programmes;

(d) the dissemination of information on biodiversity protection held by the competent authority, and that this is made available according to the provisions set by the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment Regulations;

(e) public participation in measures that are necessary for the protection of the areas and species concerned; and

(f) co-operation, as appropriate, with national bodies and entities, Agreement States and international organisations in developing educational and public awareness programmes, with respect to conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.