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Reuters - IUCN Media Awards 2000 for environmental reporting
One month left to apply.
Gland, 15 June, 2000 (IUCN) - The Reuters IUCN Media Awards for excellence in environmental reporting are approaching the deadline for application, set for 15 July.
The Reuters-IUCN Media Awards are open to journalists in print, television and electronic media (the internet) throughout the world. Entries for the Reuters - IUCN Media Awards 2000 must be published or broadcast between 30 August 1999 and 30 June 2000. Entries must be received by the corresponding IUCN office by 15 July 2000 (see detailed information and entry forms -- English, Spanish, French). To view and print these forms, you will need to download and install the free Acobrat Reader.
Presented jointly by Reuters Foundation and IUCN - The World Conservation Union, the awards were established to:
Recognise excellence in professional reporting on environmental and sustainable development issues,
Foster a dialogue between journalists and experts to encourage informative reporting based on sound scientific data.
Nine regional prizes and one global award will be presented by Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan on 9 October 2000 during the World Conservation Congress to be held in Amman. The regional winners are invited to participate in a training workshop organised by Reuters Foundation within the framework of the Amman Congress. The global winner, selected amongst the nine regional winners, is invited to participate in a 3-month fellowship at Oxford University, England.
For further information, please contact:
Jo Weir, Reuters Foundation. Tel. (++44 20) 7542 58 72. E-mail: jo.weir@reuters.com
Josué Anselmo, The World Conservation Union - IUCN. Tel (++41 22) 999 0 207. E-mail: joa@hq.iucn.org
Reuters Foundation was set up by Reuters, the global news and information group, in 1982 as an educational trust to promote high standards in journalism through study and training. Over 2000 professional journalists have benefited from Reuters Foundation training programmes. The Foundation also supports a global range of humanitarian causes recommended by Reuters employees around the world.
IUCN - The World Conservation Union was created in 1948. It is the world's largest conservation-related organisation, bringing together 76 states, 122 government agencies, 737 NGOs and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique world partnership. Over the last half century, IUCN has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation strategies within the framework of global conventions that it has participated in drafting. Through its world-wide secretariat, comprising offices in 42 countries, IUCN contributes to the implementation of a wide range of activities linking local action with global initiatives.
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