National Environmental Education and Communication Strategy
The National Environmental Education and Communication Strategy (NEECS) is aimed at complementing the implementation of several national policies, strategies and international commitments and opening up avenues for EE practitioners throughout the country  to share experiences. It has been positioned to support the implementation of the MKUKUTA communication strategy in sharing knowledge and experiences on poverty-environment linkages. 
Environmental Education (EE) has a long history in Tanzania. In 1967, when the Arusha declaration was pronounced by the father of the national the late Mwalimu J.K.Nyerere it had a strong bias on education for self reliance. It had a motive of education for production, schools became centres of  agriculture production and other artisanal skills with less emphasis on conservation aspects of resources used. It prepared school leavers for livelihood on resource utilization. 

In Tanzania, EE in its broad sense has been carried out for many years through sector-oriented agriculture, forestry or community development outreach or extension programmes. 

For further information visit NEMC Library or contact the Directorate of Environmental Information, Communication and Outreach (DEICO).