FORMATION OF ECOLOGICAL CULTURE OF THE POPULATION: GOALS AND RESULTS

In this article, the problem of effective organization of activities for the formation of environmental culture of the population is updated. It is emphasized that in modern socioeconomic conditions, the priorities of the national environmental policy formulated at the turn of the XX–XXI centuries by experts of the center for environmental policy of Russia remain relevant. The contribution of experts of this Center under the leadership of academician A. V. Yablokov is noted. The article presents an attempt to systematically analyze the main resources (tools and institutions) for creating a system of effective targeted formation of environmental culture of various categories of residents. It is emphasized that in order to implement this priority of the national environmental policy, it is necessary to create a system of effective targeted formation of the environmental culture of various categories of residents and ensure the solution of key tasks. The author refers to the data of the problem and reveals them through description of the main activities and results in the formation of a system of ideas about the value of natural resources, the main provisions of the strategy of sustainable development, the problems of maintaining the health of the environment and so on; on the formation of humane attitude to nature, providing psychological inclusion of animals and plants within the scope of ethics; the development of a population environmentally safe methods of land use; to teach people to consciously use the unique potential that lies in spiritual communication with the natural world for their own personal development; to form people's need for active personal support for the ideas of sustainable development and maintaining the health of the environment. The author argues for the need to analyze the organizational and intellectual potential of all relevant regional institutions (educational organizations, state nature reserves and national parks, zoos, botanical gardens, museums, environmental clubs, relevant public organizations, scientific institutions, and so on), as well as identify priority areas of activity for each of them in order to effectively target the formation of environmental culture of various categories of the country's population.