On behalf of Greeaccord, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) invites 10 young and excellent Chinese journalists who are concerned about environmental protection to participate in the forum and contribute to the forest ecosystem of China and the world.

XV International Media Forum on the Protection of Nature

Date: March 7, 2019- March 9, 2019

Place: San Miniato, Italy

Topic: People Building Future. The breath of Earth: the forests

If you are interested in this forum, please send a message to the email: dj@cbcgdf.org

Requirements for the candidates: full participation in the forum; Italian visa; fluent in English.

Notes:

Greenaccord will provide a financial contribution of 200 Euros for air tickets and cover local transportation and accommodation during the conference.

Please send your Position + Name + Phone Number + Email + WeChat ID for registration.

For more information, please visit http://www.greenaccord.org

The international forum hosted by the Greenaccord association will be an important opportunity for journalists to learn about the progress in natural environment development and forest conservation. Greenaccord emphasizes the role and responsibility of journalists and communicators on environmental and sustainability issues. The association will hold an international forum every year and invite outstanding journalists from five continents to participate in this speculative forum.

This forum will be the most productive human exchange in terms of professional cooperation on environmental issues. The central focus of the event will be an in-depth reflection on how to proceed in the ecological value of forests and the consequences of their disruption for native indigenous people. During the event will take place the award” Greenaccord International Media Award", to an African newspaper, TV or radio station which particularly distinguished itself for the quality of services on the environment.

The mayor of San Miniato Vittorio Gabbanini, famous journalist Luisella Meozzi, former President of European Network of Agricultural Journalists (Germany) Katharina Suser, Chief Forestry Policy and Resource, FAO (Denmark) Mette Wilkie, President of “Friends of the Siberian Forests” (Siberia) Andrey Laletin, Scientific Director and President of Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI (Austria) Fritz Hinterberger and other important figures will also attend the forum.

In March 2019, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, the secretary general of CBCGDF will be present at the forum.

Greenaccord:

Greenaccord, founded in 2002, is an ONG Cultural Association of Christian inspiration open to all individuals of good will whatever their creed and confession are. It to raise awareness on environmental issues.

Greenaccord addresses the national and international media community in order to induce a thorough secular reflection and continuous debate on the role and the responsibility of the journalist towards ecological subjects.

The association organizes educational events always related to the area of environmental respect and new lifestyles for all the people.

The forum:

The annual Greenaccord international forum invites journalists from around the world to participate. This year's forum theme is " People Building Future. The breath of Earth: the forests", and the research topics include but are not limited to:

The ecological and economic value of the forests

The forest and its inhabitants threatened

The communication on Forest

The Amazon “Cuenca”

Amazon and Testimony from the network journalists of Greenaccord.

The forum this year has added value: the next world conference of Catholic Bishops will be held in Amazon.

The council of bishops decided to hold a meeting in Amazon, which shows that the global agreed on the environmental and social problems of the earth contained in the encyclical "Laudato Si". The greenaccord international forum also laid a solid foundation for the next conference of bishops.

(Photo credit: Green Cultural Association)

Original Chinese article:

http://www.cbcgdf.org/NewsShow/5033/7595.html

By / Cynthia