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Official
programme to celebrate World Environment Day 2004 |
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5
June 2004, Saturday |
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- Publication
of special supplement with the daily newspapers on World Environment
Day.
- Inauguration
of tree planting programme at Hulhumale’ by the Ministry of Atolls
Development in collaboration with the Atoll Offices.
- Awareness
programmes on the World Environment Day theme (Radio and TV programmes).
- Broadcasting
a song on the World Environment Day.
- Broadcasting
special programmes on radio, targeted to crew members of seagoing
vessels.
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Dates
to be decided |
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- Presentation
of the ‘Green Leaf’ award for significant contributions to the environment
of the country.
- Tree
planting programme
- No
vehicle day
- Declaration
of Eedhigali Kilhi and Koattey area at Addu Atoll Hithadhoo as a protected
area.
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Other
activities |
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- The
President to send messages to world leaders and heads of international
environmental organisations, in which the fragility of the Maldivian
environment and global environmental challenges are highlighted.
- Special
programmes to be carried out in the Atolls to mark the day (see below).
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Programme of activities initiated
by NGOs and Schools
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4 June 2004, Friday |
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6:00 am |
- Cleaning
up school yard of Ungoofaaru School at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, by Student
Association for Verdant Environment (SAVE) club of the school.
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9:00 am |
- Cleaning up of school
yard by Maalhohu Madharusa in Baa Atoll Maalhos.
- Cleaning
up classrooms and yard area of Dharumavantha School in Male’, organized
by the school.
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14:00 pm |
- Protecting banyan
trees at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu by Student Environmental Education
Development (SEED) Club of Lhaimagu School.
- Collecting and gathering
plastic wastes throughout Baa Atoll Maalhos by students of Maalholhu
Madharusa.
- Opening
exhibition of useful things made out of reused materials, at Raa Atoll
Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
- Displaying
entries for poster competition, at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized
by SAVE.
- Publishing
leaflet on World Environment Day, and showing a documentary film to
the general public on seas and oceans, at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized
by SAVE.
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20:00
pm |
- Exhibition
on useful things made out of reused materials, and exhibition of entries
to the poster drawing competition continues at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru.
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21:00 pm |
- Awareness seminar
for club members and supporters of Jamiyyath Al Saif at Raa Atoll
Ungoofaaru, organized by Jamiyyath Al Saif, on everyday practises
detrimental to the environment, and how to prevent them.
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5 June 2004, Saturday |
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5:30 am |
- A friendly volley
match at Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized by Club for Environmental
Awareness and Protection (CEAP) of Bodufuladhoo Madharusa.
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6:00 am |
- Cleaning up Baa Atoll Thulaadhoo Beach by
Thulaadhoo School students.
- Planting
trees on the school yard of Ungoofaaru School at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru,
organized by SAVE.
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6:30 am |
- Tree planting at
Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu organized by SEED.
- Tree planting at
vegetation line of Seenu Atoll Hithadhoo, by Seenu Teenagers Recreation
Society (STARS).
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7:00 am |
- Cleaning up Raa Ungoofaaru
harbour area by Jamiyyath Al Saif.
- A plastic litter
collecting competition at Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized
by CEAP.
- Cleaning up Laamu
Atoll Fonadhoo beach jointly by Environment Club of Laamu Atoll Education
Centre and Fonadhoo Island Office.
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7:30 am |
- Cleaning up beach
area of Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu by SEED.
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8:00
am |
- A meeting
to mark the World Environment Day, organized jointly by Guraidhoo
Endowment Movement (GEM), Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa
at Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo.
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9:00 am |
- Environment quiz
to students of Baa Atoll Maalhohu Madharusa, organized by the school.
- Cleaning up reef
around Faafu Atoll Magoodhoo by students and staff of Magoodhoo School.
- Announcing
winners of poster drawing competition, and competition on making useful
things out of reused materials, at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized
by SAVE.
- Meeting
to give information on environment to students, organized by Fiyoaree
School at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree.
- Planting
a large number of breadfruit trees on an area allocated by Hithadhoo
Office at Seenu Atoll Hithadhoo, organized jointly by Hithadhoo Office
and Environment Club of Muhibbuddin School.
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9:30 am |
- Cleaning up Alif
Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo by CEAP.
- Planting
trees around Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo organized jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo
Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
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11:00 am |
- Metal litter collecting
competition at Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized by CEAP.
- Cleaning
the roof of 10 houses at Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo, organized jointly by
GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
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14:00 pm |
- Announcing winners
of poster competition organized by SEED at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu,
and exhibiting the entries of the competition.
- Launching leaflets
on World Environment Day published by SEED at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu.
- Conducting an awareness
programme on the detrimental effects of plastic wastes on the environment,
to the people of Baa Atoll Maalhos by students of Maalhohu Madharusa.
- Cleaning
up Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
- Cleaning
up the harbour area and beach around Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo, organized
jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
- Essay
writing competition on the WED theme, organized by Fiyoaree School
at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree.
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16:00 pm |
- Tree planting evening
marked by students of Maalhohu Madharusa at Baa Atoll Maalhos.
- March on the main
streets of Laamu Atoll Fonadhoo by members of Environment Club of
Laamu Atoll Education Centre, with placards displaying environmental
messages.
- Planting
trees at Kaafu Atoll Hulhumale’, organized by Dharumavantha School.
- Planting
trees on the school yard at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree School.
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16:30 pm |
- March on the streets
of Baa Atoll Thulhaadhoo by students of Thulhaadhoo School, on the World
Environment Day theme.
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17:00 pm |
- Tree planting at
Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized by CEAP.
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20:00
pm |
- Meeting
to give information on World Environment Day, by a resource person,
to students of Dharumavantha School, organized by the school.
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20:30
pm |
- Judging
entries to the poster competition at Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo, organized
jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
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6 June 2004, Sunday |
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6:45
am |
- Special
assembly to mark World Environment Day, and giving information on
environmental issues to students at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru School, organized
by SAVE.
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16:00
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- Quiz
competition organized by Fiyoaree School at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree.
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16:30 pm |
- Planting shady trees
on the harbour area of Raa Ungoofaaru, by members of Jamiyyath Al
Saif.
- Planting fruit bearing
trees by students of Saif Pre School, organized by
Jamiyyath Al Saif.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES |
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- A poster competition
organized by SEED at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu.
- A poster competition
organized for students of Bodufulhadhoo School by CEAP
at Alif Alif Bodufulhadhoo.
- A poster competition
organized by Environment Club of Laamu Atoll Education Centre.
- Publishing a leaflet
on seas and oceans by STARS.
- A poster
competition organized by Dharumavantha School to students of the school.
- A poster
competition organized jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll
Madharusaa.
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