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60461
Wed, 05/13/2009 - 17:56
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OANA CALLS FOR MORE REPORTING ON ENVIRONEMNTAL ISSUES
Manado, Indonesia, May 13 (ANTARA) - Organization of Asia Pacific News Agencies (OANA) journalists taking part in a one-day workshop here on Wednesday agreed to increase their role in informing people about such issues as uneven development, poverty, and population growth.
In their four-point joint commitment issued at the end of the workshop on the role of media in preserving the environment, they agreed that unprecedented pressures on the planet's land, waters and oceans, forests, and other natural resources had led to global warming and climate change.
"It is of crucial importance that public awareness be created as a prerequisite for changing people's attitudes and outlooks with regard to the environment and development," they said.
In this regard, they agreed that the media play an important and strategic role in promoting public awareness and shaping its attitude in favor of sustainable development in their respective countries.
In light of the pressing environmental challenges in Asia and the Pacific, they said reporting needs to cover environmental problems, matters pertinent to environmental quality, and resource use as well as undue resource depletion.
Noting that the future of Asia and the Pacific region sits as much on journalists' shoulders as it does on those of national leaders, they said they support the ongoing World Ocean Conference (WOC) and the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit.
"We appreciate Indonesia's effort on this matter, as well as the other countries which are taking part in the WOC and CTI Summit," they said.
The Indonesian government is organizing the WOC on May 11-14 and the CTI Summit on May 15 in Manado to discuss issues on the climate change and the oceans.
Around 25 journalists from OANA member agencies, such as from ANTARA (Indonesia), Bernama (Malaysia), Kyodo (Japan), Yonhap (South Korea), VNA (Vietnam), QNA (Qatar) and Xinhua (China), participated in the workshop.
Journalists from EFE of Spain, Venezuela, Cuba, Canada, Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentine, who group in the Journalist Visit Program, also attended the workshop.
Speakers and resource persons included Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fredy Numberi, Minister of the Environment Dr. Rachmat Witoelar, and UNESCO Program Specialist for Environment Sciences Robert Lee.
OANA, which was established in 1961 with the support of UNESCO, now has 44 member news agencies from 33 countries.***
In their four-point joint commitment issued at the end of the workshop on the role of media in preserving the environment, they agreed that unprecedented pressures on the planet's land, waters and oceans, forests, and other natural resources had led to global warming and climate change.
"It is of crucial importance that public awareness be created as a prerequisite for changing people's attitudes and outlooks with regard to the environment and development," they said.
In this regard, they agreed that the media play an important and strategic role in promoting public awareness and shaping its attitude in favor of sustainable development in their respective countries.
In light of the pressing environmental challenges in Asia and the Pacific, they said reporting needs to cover environmental problems, matters pertinent to environmental quality, and resource use as well as undue resource depletion.
Noting that the future of Asia and the Pacific region sits as much on journalists' shoulders as it does on those of national leaders, they said they support the ongoing World Ocean Conference (WOC) and the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit.
"We appreciate Indonesia's effort on this matter, as well as the other countries which are taking part in the WOC and CTI Summit," they said.
The Indonesian government is organizing the WOC on May 11-14 and the CTI Summit on May 15 in Manado to discuss issues on the climate change and the oceans.
Around 25 journalists from OANA member agencies, such as from ANTARA (Indonesia), Bernama (Malaysia), Kyodo (Japan), Yonhap (South Korea), VNA (Vietnam), QNA (Qatar) and Xinhua (China), participated in the workshop.
Journalists from EFE of Spain, Venezuela, Cuba, Canada, Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentine, who group in the Journalist Visit Program, also attended the workshop.
Speakers and resource persons included Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fredy Numberi, Minister of the Environment Dr. Rachmat Witoelar, and UNESCO Program Specialist for Environment Sciences Robert Lee.
OANA, which was established in 1961 with the support of UNESCO, now has 44 member news agencies from 33 countries.***
