UNEP Media Workshop Set Feb 22-23 in Bali
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To raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and the consequences of its loss, and in commemoration of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is organising a two-day media workshop in Bali, Indonesia, from Feb. 22-23, 2010 as part of the 11th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) on Feb. 24-26, 2010. The media workshop aims to draw the connection between biodiversity and people's daily lives, the disappearance of both plant and animal species and the larger environmental, economic and social impacts on humans, and the interdependence with the natural world. Participants will represent print, broadcast and electronic media. All travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses will be borne by the organiser. Media participants will get an opportunity to participate in ministerial consultations, meet with leading experts in the environment and participate in press conferences and events that will take place during the 11th GC/GMEF. They will also get an opportunity to interact with laureates of the 2010 UNEP Sasakawa Prize, awarded every year to individuals or institutions that have made a substantial contribution to the protection and management of the environment. Applicants should send a brief CV, as well as soft copies of two published articles, or news clips that have been broadcasted within the last 12 months. Alternatively, they can also send outlines of two stories which deal broadly with some aspect of biodiversity, or applicants could state how they would propose tackling biodiversity as a media story. Deadline for submission of applications is on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Please apply by email with these attachments to: arryl D'Monte, Consultant, Media Workshop Also send a copy to: Ms Tanawan Sarabuddhi, sarabuddhi@un.org at UNEP, Bangkok |
Aung Htun (not his real name) is one of the young video journalists featured in the award-winning feature documentary 'Burma VJ (Reporting from a Closed Country)'. 
