Green Echoes #37: Environmental reporting, opportunities and more
Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of Green Echoes, the monthly newsletter from the Environmental Reporting Collective. Our aim is to provide you with a comprehensive update on the latest investigative stories, data sources, reporting and training opportunities, and projects related to environmental issues across Asia and beyond.
Environmental reporting to take note of
It’s now inevitable that we will have to learn to live with the effects of climate change. Here are three ways technology is helping the world adapt to climate change.
The disappearance of chimpanzees is accelerating in Guinea Conakry due to poaching, as well as timber and mineral exploitation. To reverse it, this project is raising chimpanzees and preparing them for a return to the wild.
In 2016, Ghana pledged to restore two million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030. It is now a third of the way there!
An NGO has designed a board game that helps villagers in the Fouta Djallou highland region improve their land management strategies. The playful approach encourages participants to implement more sustainable and nature-friendly practices.
US President Joe Biden has approved a significant oil and gas drilling project in Alaska, intended to create local investment and thousands of jobs, writes Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent.
Jay Richardson writes how Nordic Mining’s planned Engebø project waste, set to be deposited in the ecologically protected Førdefjord in Western Norway, could smother a deep water habitat comparable in size to some of the world’s major metropolitan areas.
Opportunities
The Investigative Reporters and Editor Conference is accepting applications for a fellowship to attend the event, which will take place on June 22-25 in Orlando, Florida. More information about eligibility as well as the application, is available here.
Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) invites journalists from Nairobi County, Kenya, to join a media workshop on air pollution in Nairobi from May 8-10, 2023. Apply here.
The CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra”, focusing on innovative projects and initiatives to deliver engaging messages and raise awareness on climate change through different means of communication, is now open for nominations. Apply here.
Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors (FIRE) functions as a service bureau for freelance investigative reporters and provides extensive reporting services, along with grants of up to $12,500, most ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Apply here.
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Data, Resources and Training
AAJA-Asia has announced N3Con 2023, the 13th edition of the New.Now.Next Media Conference from May 25-28, 2023, in Singapore. Learn more.
Solutions Journalism Network is hosting a webinar introducing reporters to their approach and why it is essential. If you want to expand your toolkit and learn how to produce stories that look at social issues from a different perspective, join them at 1 p.m. EDT on April 11. You can register here.
In this webinar, you'll explore some great multimedia storytelling and reporting apps you can download and use on your phone.
Join the ERC Slack community to meet and engage with fellow journalists and for more grants and other opportunities.