Women's role key to saving environment

This year's Nobel Peace Prize went to three women, which attracted global media's attention to the cause of women's rights. Besides promoting peace, women are playing a more important role in protecting the environment.

The growing worldwide demand for resources is threatening the world's environmental health to an unprecedented extent. Unless new policies are set in place, this situation could have devastating implications for human development. In this context, women and children can be very active participants in the defense of the environment and stop, or even reverse, the degradation of our natural resources.

At a worldwide level, there is a growing awareness of the need and importance of making women contribute to the identification of environmental problems, as well as in the planning of activities geared at the sustainable development of their communities.