Theme – Life in the Forests (Biodiversity)
The International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation. It has been held since 1991 and has received more than 3 million entries from children in over 100 countries.
2011 will be the 20th edition of the International Children’s Painting Competition. To mark the UN’s International Year of Forests in 2011, the theme of next year’s painting competition will be ‘Life in the Forests’ and participants will have until 15 April 2011 to submit their entries.
