Jakarta, Feb. 21, 2010 (ANTARA) - The United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) is to organize a workshop on "The Reporting Green- The
Environment as News," in Nusa Dua, Bali Island, from February 22 to 26,
2010.
The workshop will bring journalists into an active dialogue with experts, politicians and civil society leaders on current key environmental issues such as biodiversity loss, opportunities of the green economy and the future of environmental governance, according to Wambui Munge of UNEP Newsdesk, in a statement received by ANTARA, Sunday.
The workshop will bring journalists into an active dialogue with experts, politicians and civil society leaders on current key environmental issues such as biodiversity loss, opportunities of the green economy and the future of environmental governance, according to Wambui Munge of UNEP Newsdesk, in a statement received by ANTARA, Sunday.
The Reporting Green workshop will coincide with the Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council and the Extraordinary Meetings of the Chemicals Conventions, the largest global environmental gathering since the Copenhagen climate change summit last year.
The Chemicals Ministerial Meeting: Simultaneous Extraordinary Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, will be held on February 22-24.
Meanwhile, UNEP Ministerial Meeting - the 11th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, will take place at Bali International Conference Centre, on February 24-26.
Participants of the UNEP meetings will include environment ministers from over 100 countries, heads of UN agencies, including UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, scientists and environmental experts, leading journalists and media professionals from across the globe, as well as business and civil society leaders.
Among topics to be discussed in the Reporting Green workshop will be "Pricing Nature: The Economic and Social Value of Ecosystems and Biodiversity", "The International Year of Biodiversity", and "The Way Forward, Global Markets: The Green Economy Option".
Journalists would have the opportunity to interact with Environment Ministers and key environmental figures from around the world, and deepen their understanding of environmental issues by engaging with top experts and scientists, Munge said.
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