The following are the objectives of environmental education:

1. Awareness: To help the social groups and individuals to acquire knowledge of pollution and environmental degradation.
2. Knowledge:
   To help social groups and individuals to acquire knowledge of the environment beyond the immediate environment including distant environment.
3. Attitudes: To help social groups and individuals to acquire a set of values for environmental protection.
4. Skills and Capacity Building: To help social groups and individuals to develop skills required for making discriminations in form, shape, sound, touch, habits and habitats. Further, to develop ability to draw unbiased inferences and conclusions.
5. Participation: To provide social groups and individuals with an opportunity to be actively involved at all levels in environmental decision making.