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| Biodiversity is the chain of life that connects all living things – from microbes to insects to plants to animals and, to people.Дорогие коллеги, добрый день! Участие в очень интересном специальном семинаре для журналистов предлагает ЮНЕП. Все расходы участникам будут компенсированы. Последний день подачи заявок - 25 января! Обращаться к Darryl D'Monte, Consultant, Media Workshop E-mail: darryldmonte@gmail.com And copy: Ms Tanawan Sarabuddhi sarabuddhi@un.org at UNEP, Bangkok Подробности - ниже. С наилучшими пожеланиями! А.Фёдоров UNEP MEDIA WORKSHOP: Bringing Biodiversity “Down to Earth” 22-23 February 2010 11TH Governing Council/Global Ministerial Forum Bali, Indonesia “We are on the crest of the next sixth great wave of extinctions in the history of our fragile planet. This one is unique in that it is being brought about by just one of the world’s millions of species – us.” UNEP Tunza Magazine Biodiversity is the chain of life that connects all living things – from microbes to insects to plants to animals and, to people. The future of our planet and life as we know it is intricately linked to this fragile web that provides us with the food, fuel, medicine we need, and on which the world’s economies are banked. We share the planet with as many as 13 million different living species including plants, animals and bacteria. This incredible natural wealth is a priceless treasure that forms the ultimate foundation of our human well-being. The systems and processes these millions of neighbours collectively provide produce our food, water and the air we breathe – the basic fundamentals of life. They also supply us with timber and plant materials for furniture, building and fuel, the mechanisms that regulate our climate, control floods and recycle our waste and the novel compounds and chemicals from which medicines are made. We may take biodiversity so much for granted, and it is so obviously all around you, that it is sometimes easy to forget it’s there - that we are a part of it and can’t live apart from it. Wetlands purify water and offer protection against floods. Mangroves protect coasts and their populations by reducing the damage caused by storms and tsunamis. Coral reefs provide breeding grounds for fish, leisure and learning for tourists and scientists. But the overdraft on our natural capital is fast becoming past overdue: we are losing this diversity at a rapidly accelerated rate. If current loss rates continue, it is expected that an area of 1.3 billion hectares worldwide – about 1.5 times the size of USA – will completely lose its original biodiversity levels by 2050. This unprecedented loss of biodiversity is compounded by climate change, which could result in the disappearance of more than a third of all known species. Humans are largely responsible for this accelerated loss. Loss of forests, soils, wetlands and coral reefs in the natural world have direct economic repercussions that we systematically underestimate. So too do the losses of species and of productive assets like fisheries. We are running down our natural capital stock without understanding the value of what we are losing. Missed opportunities to invest in this natural capital contribute to the biodiversity crisis that is becoming more evident and more pressing by the day. The degradation of soils, air, water and biological resources can negatively impact on public health, food security, consumer choice and business opportunities. The rural poor, most dependent on the natural resource base, are often hardest hit. To raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and the consequences of its loss, and in commemoration of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, UNEP is organizing a 2-day workshop in Bali, Indonesia, from 22-23 February 2010 as part of the 11th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF), 24-26 February 2010, to which journalists will also be invited to attend. The GC/GMEF is the largest annual gathering of the world’s Environment Ministers, which draws more than 100 Environment Ministers around the globe to discuss important and emerging policy issues in the field of the environment. ‘Biodiversity and Ecosystems’, along with ‘The Green Economy’ and ‘International Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development, is one of three topics that will be discussed during the GC/GMEF, under the overarching theme of “Environment in the Multilateral System’. 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. It will attempt to demystify various concepts associated with biodiversity and help participants relate them to aspects of human existence such as food and medicines. Participants will represent print, broadcast and electronic media. All travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses will be borne by the organizer. 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 Participants will be addressed by biodiversity experts and senior media practitioners during the workshop. Specific themes include the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity linkages to poverty, health, food security and economies. There will be several case studies which will be newsworthy and generally illustrative of the importance of biodiversity in people’s daily lives and livelihoods. The sessions will be highly interactive, encouraging discussions with the media. There will also be a half-day field trip. 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, you 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. Please apply by e-mail with these attachments by Monday 25 Jan 2010, to: Darryl D'Monte, Consultant, Media Workshop UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Chairperson, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India (FEJI) International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) Kinara, 29-B Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400 050, India Tel 91 22 2642 7088, 2645 9286 Cell: 98203 68872 Fax c/o 91 22 2645 8870 E-mail: darryldmonte@gmail.com And copy: Ms Tanawan Sarabuddhi sarabuddhi@un.org at UNEP, Bangkok | |
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