Effectiveness of social participation approach in education for sustainable development

为解决湖泊富营养化问题和促进区域可持续发展，在样板区大沼湖及其社区引入了社会参与的可持续发展教育（ESD）项目。因此，ESD项目为当地政府制定环境保护和社会发展的政策做出了贡献。该政策促进了湖泊水质的改善，组织了国际拉姆萨尔公约注册等环境保护制度。这些都证明了社会参与方式在可持续发展教育中的有效性。

The social participation approached programs of the education for sustainable development(ESD) were introduced at Lake Ohnuma and its community for the model area aiming to both the solution of the lake eutrophication problem and the promotion of the regional sustainability. As a result, ESD programs contributed to the policy making of the local government for the environmental preservation and the social development of the Ohnuma are. The policy promoted the lake water quality improvement, the organization of environmental preservation system such as the registration for International Ramsar Convention. All these facts verify the effectiveness of the social participation approach in ESD.