T
HE 19TH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PAINTING COMPETITION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
UNEP has launched the 19th International children’s painting competition!
The theme for 2010 competition is Biodiversity: Connecting with Nature and it will focus on our beautiful earth, full of different life forms and what can we do to protect it. The children’s paintings will focus on concrete actions to preserve biodiversity such as tree planting, marine and animal conservation, restoration of coral reefs etc.
The selection process will be in two stages; the regional selection which will be done by UNEP Regional Offices and their partners, and the global selection which will be done by UNEP and its partners, Foundation for Global peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation.
The Competition is organized annually by the UNEP and the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation. It has been held since 1991 and has more than 2.4 million entries from children in over 100 countries.
For more details on the Competition please visit www.unep.org/tunza/children or email children.youth@unep.org
