This workshop, titled “The Ozone Layer and Chemical and Waste Management Challenges in the Caribbean,” is being organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). It seeks to strengthen environmental journalism skills and provide media professionals with relevant information and inputs for transmitting messages related to environmental protection and governance in the Caribbean. Its primary target audience includes editors and journalists of print, broadcast and online media, as well as news agencies in the English-speaking Caribbean. The workshop will focus on the Montreal Protocol for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Chemical and Waste Management.  

dates: 5-7 March 2013   location: Paramaribo, Suriname   phone: +507-305-3100   fax: +507-305-3105   e-mail: enlace@pnuma.org   www: http://caribbeanclimateblog.com/2013/02/13/unep-backed-environmental-workshop-for-caribbean-journalists/