Media sensitized on reporting landscape governance
26 November 2007

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Nepal and Nepal Forum of Nepalese Journalists (NEFEJ) jointly organized a media sensitization programme on November 24, 2007, about landscape governance issues in the conservation of biological diversity in Biratnagar, eastern Nepal.

The programme, chaired by the district President of Federation of Nepalese Journalists Shiv Bahadur Karki, was participated by over 34 journalists of print and electronic media of eastern Nepal.

On the occasion, Mohan Bhandari and Dilip Kafle, members of NEFEJ, and Deependra Joshi of IUCN Nepal shed light on the issues, challenges and opportunities on environmental reporting in Nepal, and urged to prioritize on wider coverage of environmental news in the mainstream media.

IUCN Nepal has been implementing practical innovations projects for inclusive conservation and sustainable livelihoods through landscape governance for the community conservation of Ilam Siwaliks and rhododendrons since seven years in the eastern Nepal. The landscape governance component envisages programmatic approach linking conservation and sustainable livelihoods through locally instituted system focusing on natural resource management governance and improving livelihoods of targeted beneficiaries.

For more information, please contact:

•  Email:djoshi@iucn.org.np