YEREVAN, MARCH 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets in the Republic of Armenia jointly with the Sun Child NGO will organize the first nature protection festival in the region on April 1-15 in Dilijan. As it was mentioned in the report submitted to Noyan Tapan, the motto of the festival under the title Sun Child is "For children, with active participation of children." The goal of the festival is to draw public attention to nature protection problems in the region, to create a neutral cooperation field leaving out regional conflicts and tension, which will contribute to seeking of new and efficient solutions. Showings of films, photoexhibitions, concert-actions, as well as a number of nature protection events, including hikes, tree planting, garbage gathering are scheduled within the framework of the festival. For closely familiarizing children with nature, for calling forth interest in nature protection issues courses of studies are being already organized with the efforts of the charity fund in regional schools, films on nature protection are being shown.

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