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News Release
Global Youth Reporters Programme officially launched
Minister of Tourism,IUCN Director General
welcome innovative global project
Amman, Jordan, October 10, 2000 (IUCN) - Today at 12:30, IUCN - The World Conservation Union will present its Global Youth Reporters Programme, a centrepiece of its Global Biodiversity Youth Awareness Campaign, in connection with the Second World Conservation Congress, currently being held in Amman, Jordan.
Twelve 17-year-old trainee reporters coming from all corners of the world, together with seven young Jordanians, have convened at the World Conservation Congress with the aim of preparing thematic features dealing with various aspects of the environment. A special website has been created for this project that will forward the Youth Reporters' work worldwide. Through this and other electronic communication tools, thousands of aspiring environmental reporters around the world will be able to share the benefits of the Youth Reporters' experience at the convention.
His Excellency Aqul Bultagy, Minister of Tourism of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, together with IUCN Director General Maritta Koch-Weser, will host the ceremony, which will also be attended by Reuters Foundation Trustee Stephen Somerville, and Raouf Dabbas, president of the Friends of Environment. Canadian television producers Via Le Monde will premiere a short film documenting the development of IUCN's Global Youth Reporters Programme and the efforts of the young reporters committed to environment and sustainable development.
Media representatives, as well as Congress participants, are cordially invited to attend the ceremony, which will last 25 minutes.
For further information, please contact Stephen Somerville, Phone: 079 708 938
Created in 1948, IUCN - The World Conservation Union brings together 78 states, 112 government agencies, 735 NGOs, 35 affiliates, and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. IUCN’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. IUCN is the world's largest environmental knowledge network and has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation and biodiversity strategies. IUCN is a multi-cultural, multilingual organisation with 1000 staff located in 42 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland.
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