Positive correlation between environmental knowledge and attitudes found in Korean middle school students
Environmental issues such as the increase of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere and air and water pollution persist. The effects of these issues and other climate change concerns negatively impact both humans and the natural environment locally, regionally, and globally. For example, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) faces deforestation at an alarming rate. Environmental education (EE) aims to bring awareness to environmental issues like deforestation, its impacts, and actions students can take to mitigate those impacts.