World Conservation Award (Venturing)

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Venturing World Conservation Award

Created: 2003 Level: Venturers

The World Conservation Award may be earned at the Venturing level.

World Conservation Award (Venturing) requirements

Complete the Ecology elective for the Ranger Award. Show the relationship of global events and conditions both political and environmental, to the areas that you described in steps 1 and 2 in the Ecology (Ranger Award elective) above. Determine how conditions in your local area also appear in other areas around the world. Describe some of the interrelationships between people and our natural resources that effect our global environment. Teach others in your crew, another crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group, or another group about the interconnectivity that we all have with each other and our environment. The official source for the information shown in this article or section is: Venturer Handbook, 2006 Edition (BSA Supply No. 33494) The text of these requirements is locked and can only be edited by an administrator. Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.

Notes

The World Conservation Award is worn on the uniform shirt, centered on the right pocket as a temporary patch. It can also be worn on the back of a merit badge sash. It does not replace the World Crest on the uniform.

Requirement resources

• General Resources: American Museum of Natural History - Discover Magazine - Environmental Protection Agency - Int. Assn. of Fish and Wildlife Agencies - Nat. Climatic Data Center - Nat. Geographic Society - Nat. Park Service - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - American Meteorological Society - American Zoo and Aquarium Association - The Discovery Channel - Nat. Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Nat. Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin - Nat. Wildlife Federation
• Conservation Resources: Soil and Water Conservation Merit Badge resources - Conservation and Resource Center - Leave No Trace Center - Wildlife Conservation Society
• Bird Resources: Bird Study Merit Badge resources
• Fish Resources: Fishing Merit Badge Requirement resources - American Fisheries Society
• Insect Resources: Insect Study Merit Badge resources
• Mammal Resources: Mammal Study Merit Badge resources
• Reptile & Amphibian Resources: Reptile and Amphibian Study Merit Badge resources - Frog Songs

Related awards

Ecology-related awards

• Boy Scout Merit Badges: Bird Study - Environmental Science - Fish and Wildlife Management - Forestry - Gardening - Geology - Insect Study - Mammal Study - Nature - Oceanography - Plant Science - Reptile and Amphibian Study - Soil and Water Conservation
• Boy Scout awards: Conservation Good Turn Award - Leave No Trace Award - William T. Hornaday award - World Conservation Award
• Venturing: Ranger Award electives: Ecology - Plants and Wildlife; Awards: Conservation Good Turn Award - Leave No Trace Award - William T. Hornaday award - World Conservation Award
• Webelos Activity Badges: Forester - Naturalist - Outdoorsman
• Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Geology - Weather - Wildlife Conservation
• Cub Scout awards: Conservation Good Turn Award - Leave No Trace Award - World Conservation Award

See also

Venturing portal

• World Conservation Award (Cub Scouting)
• World Conservation Award (Boy Scouting)