What are the challenges and risks that environmental defenders face? How can reporters more effectively cover their work?
While climate change and habitat destruction continue to have devastating environmental impacts globally, those who advocate for corporate and government accountability are increasingly the victims of targeted attacks, threats and intimidation.
In this Mongabay Webinar, we provide tips and insight for reporters who cover the work of environmental defenders and how to do it safely.
Panelists: Milka Chepkorir (ICCA consortium), Rachel Cox (Global Witness), Maria Isabel Torres (Mongabay), and Lucy Westcott (CPJ).
#Journalism #Webinar #EnvironmentalDefenders #ClimateChange #conservation
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Resources for your reporting:
Freedom of the Press Foundation: https://freedom.press/training/
Committee to Protect Journalists – Attacks on the Press Database – https://cpj.org/data/
Committee to Protect Journalists – Safety Kit – https://cpj.org/safety-kit/
CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering the Amazon basin – https://cpj.org/2022/08/cpj-safety-advisory-covering-the-amazon-basin/
Global Witness – Decade of Defiance – https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/decade-defiance/?gclid=CjwKCAjw_aemBhBLEiwAT98FMux9p5sjVf4PJsa5L9CGITxY_1zIgLcFYTKVD9ojTdoIbzYT4-iNgBoCprUQAvD_BwE#methodology
Global Witness – Digital Threats – https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/
Global Witness – Land and Environmental Defenders Annual Report Archive – https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/land-and-environmental-defenders-annual-report-archive/
ICCA Consortium homepage – https://www.iccaconsortium.org/
Mongabay Series Endangered Environmentalists: https://news.mongabay.com/series/endangered-environmentalists/
You can find more Mongabay reporting on these subjects by googling individual topics and the word “Mongabay”
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Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction
6:44 – Who is a defender?
13:05 – Threats
20:31 – High risk regions
28:25 – High risk sectors
34:20 – Legal protection
40:53 – Impactful reporting
51:30 – Underreported threats
57:03 – Safety: Before starting a story
1:08:58 – Safety: Digital Security
1:15:36 – Safety: Post-publishing
1:24:41 – Reflection
1:26:51 – Closing remarks
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