Italy: environmental training and monitoring in Lombardy and Umbria

This paper discusses in detail some innovative training schemes used in training for environmental protection. Effective environmental protection requires that people can negotiate about and make decisions on necessary protection measures. The authors give an example of environmental training for Italian trade union leaders. This training helps them understand the complexity of environmental systems and negotiate the necessary measures to protect the environment. Monitoring environmental variables is another important aspect of environmental protection. It permits avoiding environmental disasters, and helps us to know how the environment is changing and the reasons behind the changes. Here, three examples of training for monitoring the environment in Italy are analysed. The objective was to identify the main issues in training for environmental protection and the possible solutions by discussing with organisers, teachers and students of the training courses. Show less