Covering Environment

Attn: Maldivian journalists!
You can now apply for media accreditation for COP26 in Glasgow this year (31 Oct to 12 Nov 2021), organized by the UNFCCC at https://onlinereg.unfccc.int/index_media.html

For more info:
https://unfccc.int/about-us/press-and-media/accreditation

Thanks to the UK in Maldives for sharing this!

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Visit our new website for access to training material, viewing of the panel and so on!

Head over to www.coveringenvironment.com today!

One last round of applause! 👏🏾 reached over 20 journalists, from regions across the archipelago. Sessions were powered by leading experts in the field, positively bursting with their genuine energy and passion!

Implementation Partner - Maldives Journalist Association, under their IRUVAI initiative which receives funding from American Center Maldives
Digital Partner - Ooredoo Maldives
Activity Partners - Moodhu Bulhaa Dive Centre & Save Our Waves

Trainers were from The Maldives Resilient Reefs Project, Save the Beach Maldives, Parley for the Oceans (Maldives), Zero Waste Maldives, Climate News Network, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives, Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives and Aisha Niyaz Consulting.

We are so proud to work with all of you. So again, thank you to everyone who made this happen!!

Big love to our coordinators Shaahunaz & Hassan Ahmed (Beybe) and especially our volunteers Aru, Jau, Shaadu, Thanzy, Ashraf & Naju 💚💙💚

Huge thank you to all our speakers for their engaging and inspiring talks!!

Special appreciation to Douglas Mann & American Center Maldives for their support to Maldives Journalist Association and initiatives like IRUVAI, which fuels training events like these.

Thanks also to the Maldives High Commission in the UK, for putting us in touch with Alex Kirby from Climate News Network! And of course, Media4democracy for helping us take a small dream and turn it to reality.

(L to R) Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives State Min Dr Naseer, Lisama (also from Environment Ministry), Beybe from Save the Beach Maldives, Shaha from The Maldives Resilient Reefs Project, Douglas Mann, Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives Dep DG Dr Ibrahim , Afrah from Zero Waste Maldives, Shaahina Parley for the Oceans (Maldives) , Shaahunaz (Journalist Coordinator / Covering Environment), Alex Kirby, Rae Munavvar (Lead Organizer / Covering Environment) & Aisha Niyaz from AishaNiyaz Consulting.

Special thanks to our digital partner Ooredoo Maldives for ensuring that our two-day training programme ran smoothly without any complications!