World Conservation Award (Boy Scouting)
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The World Conservation Award may be earned a Boy Scout or Varsity Scout.
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You can earn this award as a Boy Scout by earning the following merit badges:
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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.
- Unlike the Cub Scout version of the patch, no conservation effort is outlined in the requirements for the Boy Scout version. The reason the volunteer aspect has been dropped in the jump from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts is unclear, as community service oriented projects of maintenance and restoration are common to many requirements for Special Opportunity awards, as well as to Scouting in general. This alteration of approach may be in light of the fact that specific badge requirements encourage the Scout to conduct or participate in a project of their own while working on the badge, and they may very well have already been involved in some type of project while working on the badge. These service-based requirements however, are purely optional, as there are multiple alternatives. It is unclear whether this is in fact a loop hole, or intended by the awards' founders. See Fish and Wildlife Management requirement 5c and Soil and Water Conservation requirement 7f.
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
- 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 - World Conservation Award
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Wildlife Conservation - Geology - Weather Awards: World Conservation - Conservation Good Turn Award
- Webelos Activity Badges: Forester - Naturalist - Outdoorsman
- Venturing: Ranger Award: Ecology - Plants and Wildlife - Hornaday Award - World Conservation Award
- Conservation Awards: Boy Scout - Venturing - Leave No Trace: Cub Scouts - Boy Scouts and Venturers
See also
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- World Conservation Award (Cub Scouting)
- World Conservation Award (Venturing)
- Requirements for the Environmental Science Merit Badge
- Requirements for the Soil and Water Conservation Merit Badge
- Requirements for the Fish and Wildlife Management Merit Badge
- Requirements for the Citizenship in the World Merit Badge
