Periodistas de todo el mundo ahora tienen una nueva y muy vital fuente de ayuda informativa para reportar sobre la biodiversidad. Se trata de The Biodiversity Media Alliance, una red en línea que pretende construir puentes y posibilidades de interacción entre los periodistas y sus fuentes de información.
Más de 500 expertos en biodiversidad ya se han unido a esta red on line que inició sus operaciones el 5 de junio de 2010. La lista, que está creciendo, incluye científicos, responsables de políticas científicas, miembros de ONG, indígenas de algunos de los lugares de mayor biodiversidad del planeta, investigadores de áreas protegidas, entre otros.
Biodiversity Media Alliance ha surgido por la alianza del International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Internews y la International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), que buscan mejorar la cantidad y la calidad de la cobertura mediática de la biodiversidad en todo el mundo.
Los periodistas jugamos un papel importantísimo en el cuidado del planeta, al informar y llamar la atención sobre la situación de la biodiversidad en todos los continentes.
http://biodiversitymedia.ning.com/
Lee lo que dicen sus promotores:
“This is a critical period for biodiversity, with crucial international treaty talks taking place later in the year and new reports emphasizing the importance and challenge of protecting the web of life around us,” says James Fahn, director of Internews’ Earth Journalism Network. “But even in this, the International Year of Biodiversity, coverage of these issues in the mainstream media has been scarce. We hope that this new online resource will help to change that.”
Mike Shanahan of IIED adds: “Our health, security and prosperity all depend on nature’s riches but these riches are disappearing fast. As a species we bite the hand that feeds us when we forget that we are part of the web of life and allow our life-support systems such as forests and coral reefs to decline so fast. Journalists have a key role to play in reporting this situation because it affects the future of everyone on the planet.”
Keith A Wheeler, Chair of the Commission on Education and Communication of IUCN highlights: “Today’s challenges are moving towards more sustainable financial and energy systems, food security and international security – all these challenges ultimately depend on the services nature offers. Managing knowledge between conservationists and journalists plays a key role in communicating the urgency for change, showing change is possible, providing examples that can be followed and creating new alliances. IUCN supports the new initiative of the Biodiversity Media Alliance”.
Contactos:
James Fahn, Executive Director of Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, jfahn@internews.org, +1-202-772-5738
Mike Shanahan, Press Officer, International Institute for Environment and Development, mike.shanahan@iied.org, +44 207 3882117
Alison Coleman, Regional Communications Officer, IUCN Regional Office for Pan-Europe, e alison.coleman@iucn.org, +32 2 739 0321
Katalin Czippán, Regional chair for the Commission on Education and Communication of IUCN, czippank@vnet.hu + 36 30 2507857
