ENVIRONMENT: International Green Pen Awards honour Pacific =
environmental journalism
(From PINA Nius Online)
Nadi, Fiji Islands (PINA Nius Online, 27 July 2000) - Two Pacific =
Islands editors and two people who helped develop environmental =
journalism in the region received International Green Pen Awards at =
Nadi yesterday.
France's ambassador, Mr Jean-Pierre Vidon, presented the awards =
during ceremonies at the joint Asia-Pacific and Commonwealth =
environmental journalism congress at the Fiji Mocambo Hotel. The =
congress is hosted by the Pacific Islands News Association's PINA =
Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists.
=B3The International Green Pen Awards are to honour those who have =
made great contributions to environmental journalism,=B2 said Nina =
Ratulele, general secretary of PINA Pacific Forum of Environmental =
Journalists.
Honoured at Nadi were:
=80 Mr Yohei Sasakawa, president of the Sasakawa Pacific Island =
Nations Fund of Japan.
Mr Sasakawa was honoured for initiating, supporting and promoting =
over many years the highly successful and effective environmental =
journalism exchange programme between Japan=B9s islands and the =
Pacific Islands. This is run by SPINF in conjunction with PINA. It =
has included bringing leading Pacific Islands environmental =
journalists to speak at influential Japanese seminars. This was to =
help build understanding in Japan of the impact of climate change on =
the Pacific Islands.
=80 Mrs Anna Solomon, editor-in-chief of Papua New Guinea=B9s Word =
Publishing newspaper group.
Mrs Solomon is honoured for the the investigative reporting she has =
inspired and supported. Her newspapers have been at the forefront of =
investigative environmental journalism that has been conducted =
despite threats and efforts to stop it. This reporting has =
contributed to changes in policies and laws on forestry and =
protection of the environment.
=80 Mr Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal.
Mr Johnson is honoured for working constantly to strip away the =
secrecy that surrounded the American atmospheric bomb tests in the =
Marshall Islands and their impact on the islands and people of the =
Marshall Islands. He has played the key role in building both local =
and international awareness of the impact of the American testing.
=80 Mr Adlai Amor, media director of the World Resources Institute =
and former chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental =
Journalists.
Mr Amor, a Filipino, is honoured for dedicating his life to the =
development of good environmental journalism in the Asia-Pacific =
region. He has worked unstintingly to develop excellence in =
environmental journalism, as a journalist, as a trainer and as a =
media organisation leader. Workshops he conducted in the Pacific =
Islands for PINA led to the formation of the PINA Pacific Forum of =
Environmental Journalists.
The Nadi congress finishes Friday. Environmental journalists from =
PINA member news organisations in 11 Pacific Islands countries have =
joined colleagues from around in the world in participating in it. - =
PINA Nius Online.
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