18th World Congress of Environmental Journalists held in Sri Lanka this fall

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Greetings from Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ) !

 

Some of you have already gotten the news about the 18th APFEJ World Congress of

Environmental Journalists,which will recognize the best climate change Media

conference

from around the world this year before the Copenhagen Summit December 2009.

Delegate registrations for the world EJ Congress are now open.Make sure you

receive

the early bird discount by booking before 10th July 2009.If you would like to

join o

ur Congress sponsors and partners or wish to become a recourse Person,please

click

here for more details on how to get involved

http://www.environmentaljournalists.org

 

We encourage you to circulate this news to friends, colleagues on your various

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and to publish in event listing or event diary of your web, newspaper, magazine

in

any category -- Print/On-line and Broadcast media.Your Comments,

suggestions, questions, problems ... please let me know.

 

We shall be thankful for your support.

 

Dharman Wickremaratne - Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum &

Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ)

PO Box 26

434/3 Sri Jayawardenapura - Sri Lanka.

E-mail: ejournalists , ejournalists

http://www.environmentaljournalists.org

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18th World Congress of Environmental Journalists held in Sri Lanka this fall

 

Sri Lanka will become the global buzz on environmental issues when the

18th APFEJ World Congress of Environmental Journalists ceremonially begins on

October 19- 22, 2009 over 100 delegates and other environmentally-concerned

officials and private individuals are expected to be flying in from nearly 50

countries

world over.Which will rivet round the theme of " Educate to end Climate

Poverty " .

The Congress which is supported by the Sri Lanka Government, United Nations

Environment Program and several development agencies, will deal with the role of

media concerning environment this century.

 

The Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ) is a network and

regional association founded in 1988,dedicated to promoting education

understanding

and awareness of the environment through the honest and accurate reporting of

local,

regional and international environmental and development issues.It acts as the

head of

national environmental journalist forums or media organizations of 42 countries

in the

Asia-Pacific region.The APFEJ ad hoc committee was formed in 1985 at a regional

conference

on media and environment in Delhi organized by UN-ESCAP in collaboration with

the

UNEP.Today APFEJ is the oldest and largest organization of professional

environmental journalists,

contacts over 12,000 members in nearly 150 countries around the world.The

mission of

APFEJ to build into a strong, independent and committed to promote excellence in

environmental journalism worldwide by supporting environmental journalists

specially Asia pacific through Professionalism, Freedom of expression, Social

responsibility,

environmental justice, Networking and training.

 

The 18th World Conference of Environmental Journalists in will bring established

and

aspiring reporters, writers and environmental communicators from around the

world to debate,

network, develop their professional skills and report on the latest advances in

environment and

climate change.Environmental journalists have a vital role to play in informing

millions of people

around the world about the latest advances and controversies in environmental

and Climate Change.

Organizers welcome journalists, editors and environmental communicators,,NGO

activists,

Government and UN officials and media professionals such as educationist, film

makers, authors and

scientists in education and research across the globe from both developed and

emerging countries to

enjoy exciting programme of events, share experiences, develop new contacts and

report great stories.

 

18th APFEJ World Congress of Environmental Journalists will bring together

environmental

policy makers and activists from every point of view for more than four days of

face-to-face meetings

with the world's most experienced and energetic environmental journalists. At

past Colombo conferences,

reporters have traded tips and techniques,listened to informative panels and

interviewed

news sources as prominent as the Sri Lanka current president

HE Mahinda Rajapaksha and the Heads of of the UNEP/ROAP, UN-ESCAP, ADB, US-AEP,

UNDP, FAO, UNCCD, Commonwealth Foundation, GEF, UNESCO, UN- HABITAT, IPCC,

IUCN,WWF, Green Peace, World Recourse Institute, IWMI, IRRI, FOE, IRC,

International Water and Sanitation Centre, World Water Forum, TVEap, Planet 21,

I

CFJ, Media Wise Trust, UN University, APO-Japan,US society of Environmental

journalists,

Conservation International, Sasakawa pacific islands nations fund, South Pacific

Regional

Environmental Programme and Institute of strategic and International studies

etc,

 

" Some of the sessions will look at the possible outcomes of the UN summit on

Climate Change(COP 15) in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009 in Consultation

and

cooperation with other partners " revealed Dharman Wickremaratne - Director,

Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF) which co-organizes the

Congress,

together with Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ)

and the Commonwealth Environmental Journalists Association (CEJA). " This congress

is very

important for pacific region because it will focus on topics that will help

environmental journalists

understand small islands issues better " said APFEJ Pacific Director Nina

Ratulele, Fiji.

 

Any one who plan to attend the event should submit a maximum 500-word abstract

in English.

The theme for the abstract should deal with Country Report Summaries on Media

Coverage of

environmental issues and climate change or Case study of community-level

Education for

Sustainable Development(ESD) activities related to climate change, highlighting

the role of

local knowledge,practices and coping strategies.undertaken by government

organizations,

non-governmental organizations and the private sector in developing countries,

particularly

Asia-Pacific and the Commonwealth. Papers from journalists, media NGOs and

academia are encouraged.The deadline for abstract submissions is June 30.

 

SLEJF is an independent, public interest media organization established in 1987,

with support from the Sri Lanka Government,UN-ESCAP,UNEP and Media related

bodies.

SLEJF's mandate is to training,communicate and promote sustainable human

development

with equity, participation and democracy.It is the only organization in Sri

Lanka to have

won the coveted UNEP Global 500 Award.SLEJF holds membership in 17 international

media

and environmental organizations. It also holds membership in 27 state/community/

UN environmental and media committees.At the same time, the SLEJF functions

as the coordinator in Sri Lanka of seven active networks of international

environmental &

media organizations.If you would like to join Colombo Congress as a Delegate,

sponsors and partners or wish to become a recourse Person, please click here

http://www.environmentaljournalists.org for more details of how to

get involved or contact ejournalists , ejournalists