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Brazilian environmental journalism honoured with the International Green Pen Award 2009

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International Green Pen Award is presented each year at the annual congress for journalists who have made a significant contribution in promoting environmental journalism.

Each winner receives a trophy and an award certificate.This year`s awards will be presented during the 18th APFEJ World Congress of Environmental Journalists to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 19 ­ 21 October 2009.

It is organised by the Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ) in partnership with the Commonwealth Environmental Journalists Association (CEJA), Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum(SLEJF) and a number of other media and development organisations. Nearly 100 environmental journalists from 30 countries will participate in the congress on the theme `Educate to end Climate Poverty`. 

"The International Green Pen Awards honour those who have made great contributions to environmental media at the country and regional levels," says Dharman Wickremaratne, director of Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ)."All our winners have dedicated their illustrious careers to journalism on behalf of the environment."

"I am delighted to receive this award," says Dr Sharon M. Friedman, Professor and Director of the Science and Environmental Writing Program in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Lehigh University, in Pennsylvania, USA. "Environmental journalism in Asia has advanced in leaps and bounds since Kenneth Friedman and I first engaged the region in the 1980s." 

Another winner, the Brazilian Haroldo Castro, said: "People will only support conservation if they first understand why we want to protect a particular area or species. This is why environmental communication ­ by journalists, film makers and educators ­ is tremendously important. I appreciate this award, recognising over three decades of my work around the world." 

International Green Pen Award, established in 1998, recognizes leadership of individuals in the field of environmental journalism - people who help, inspire and support others in the field.

Nominees can be full-time or freelance journalists based anywhere in the world, and working in any form of print, broadcast or online media. They may be employed by media organisations, the United Nations, government agencies or non-governmental organisations (NGOs). 

Here is a brief profile of Haroldo Castro, one of this year`s winners (more information is available on the website of the http://www.environmentaljournalists.org): 

Haroldo Castro has 30 years of professional experience as an international communications strategist, filmmaker and television producer, photojournalist, and conservationist.  He worked at Conservation International (CI) from 1991 to 2006. In 1999, he created a contest for environmental journalists, the "Biodiversity Reporting Award" (www.biodiversityreporting.org) to acknowledge the efforts of media professionals in developing countries. Before joining CI, Haroldo Castro worked in Washington, DC, as a correspondent for a Brazilian weekly magazine and as an independent television producer.

Read more at: http://www.environmentaljournalists.org/Haroldo_Castro_of_Brazil_1.htm 

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