Covering Environment

26/10/2021

Some details on an upcoming course by on coral reefs, their importance and how to look after them 🐠

The course will be in DHIVEHI and is FREE.

For further info ➡️
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NBK5mR-9CFjqo0uZuMaOenIqS86oS4CI?usp=sharing

This is the first of an educational series on ocean governance related to Maldives, that will be conducted by the IOI Ocean Institute, Maldives.

It has been designed for ANYONE who has an interest in the subject and has internet access. Participants do not require formal education.

Please share and spread the word!

11/07/2021

Attn: Maldivian journalists!
You can now apply for media accreditation for COP26 in Glasgow this year (31 Oct to 12 Nov 2021), organized by the UNFCCC at https://onlinereg.unfccc.int/index_media.html

For more info:
https://unfccc.int/about-us/press-and-media/accreditation

Thanks to the UK in Maldives for sharing this!

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05/06/2021

On 2021, the weight of the climate crisis feels heavier than ever.

It is imperative, we believe, that change-makers in media, academia, civil society, governance etcetera, rally together and empower the people.

So that together we can hold our leaders accountable and ensure that they do in fact, abide by their pledges.

So that we may all, world over, have an opportunity to survive and thrive.

26/05/2021

Visit our new website for access to training material, viewing of the panel and so on!

Head over to www.coveringenvironment.com today!

23/05/2021

One last round of applause! 👏🏾 reached over 20 journalists, from regions across the archipelago. Sessions were powered by leading experts in the field, positively bursting with their genuine energy and passion!

Implementation Partner - Maldives Journalist Association, under their IRUVAI initiative which receives funding from American Center Maldives
Digital Partner - Ooredoo Maldives
Activity Partners - Moodhu Bulhaa Dive Centre & Save Our Waves

Trainers were from The Maldives Resilient Reefs Project, Save the Beach Maldives, Parley for the Oceans (Maldives), Zero Waste Maldives, Climate News Network, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives, Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives and Aisha Niyaz Consulting.

We are so proud to work with all of you. So again, thank you to everyone who made this happen!!

Big love to our coordinators Shaahunaz & Hassan Ahmed (Beybe) and especially our volunteers Aru, Jau, Shaadu, Thanzy, Ashraf & Naju 💚💙💚

23/05/2021

Huge thank you to all our speakers for their engaging and inspiring talks!!

Special appreciation to Douglas Mann & American Center Maldives for their support to Maldives Journalist Association and initiatives like IRUVAI, which fuels training events like these.

Thanks also to the Maldives High Commission in the UK, for putting us in touch with Alex Kirby from Climate News Network! And of course, Media4democracy for helping us take a small dream and turn it to reality.

(L to R) Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives State Min Dr Naseer, Lisama (also from Environment Ministry), Beybe from Save the Beach Maldives, Shaha from The Maldives Resilient Reefs Project, Douglas Mann, Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives Dep DG Dr Ibrahim , Afrah from Zero Waste Maldives, Shaahina Parley for the Oceans (Maldives) , Shaahunaz (Journalist Coordinator / Covering Environment), Alex Kirby, Rae Munavvar (Lead Organizer / Covering Environment) & Aisha Niyaz from AishaNiyaz Consulting.

23/05/2021

Huge thanks to our panelists; Minister Aminath Shauna - Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives, Dr Ibrahim Mohamed - Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives , Mr Ken O’Flaherty- COP26 UK Ambassador to Asia-Pacific & South Asia, Dr Mizna Mohamed - ENDEVOR, Maeed Zahir - EcoCare Maldives , Hudha Ahmed - Renewable Energy Maldives, MP Ahmed Haitham - Maldives’ 19th Parliament (Representive for Machangoalhi South, Vice Chair for Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Climate Change), Humaida Abdul Ghafoor - Independent Researcher & Volunteer at Save Maldives, Hussein (Sendi) Rasheed - PADI Maldives Dive Veteran as well as Shaziya Ali - Transparency Maldives.

This panel discussion was moderated by Save the Beach Maldives Co-Founder Thanzy Naeem & ‘s own Lead Organizer Rae Munavvar. It took place on 22 May 2021 from 2000 hrs till 2215 hrs via Zoom. Journalists presented 10/30 questions to the panellists, spurring lively debates.

22/05/2021

Special thanks to our digital partner Ooredoo Maldives for ensuring that our two-day training programme ran smoothly without any complications!

22/05/2021

The panel discussion will take place at 7PM. We‘ve already gotten over 30 questions - the best 10 will be presented to the panel by our participants.

Are you looking forward to our final event? We sure are! You can catch us LIVE on FB tonight 🎤

22/05/2021

With three 30 - 45 min lectures, Day 2 participants will delve deeper into the Climate Crisis before the ‘Eco Reporting’ sessions, which discusses investigative techniques and ways to create meaningful content 📷🎥💻🖊
Here’s to another successful day of !

21/05/2021

Counting down the final hours! We are very excited to meet the participants of . Let’s get this training started!

19/05/2021

Some wonderful news for our participants!

’s partners Moodhu Bulhaa Dive Centre and Save Our Waves are offering complimentary surfing, snorkeling or diving at discount rates for everyone who signed up for the training programme!

We’re very grateful for our partners’ collaborative efforts in ensuring that our journalists have a well-rounded experience and an opportunity to physically apply the knowledge gained from this training.

19/05/2021

Here is the full panel for the ‘Covering Environment’!

Each participant will be given the opportunity to present a question, out of which ten best questions will be vetted and selected based on a criteria delivered to all participants two days prior to the event.

In terms of composition, the panel features two individuals from the state, one from the legislative body, one from the international community, two from civil society, two from related business and two persons able to speak for the academic community.

— Ms Aminath Shauna, (Incumbent) Cabinet Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology
— Dr Ibrahim Mohamed, Deputy Director-General, Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives
— Mr Ahmed Haitham, MP for South Machangoalhi (Male City), Vice-Chairperson at the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Climate Change
— Mr Ken O’Flaherty, UK Government’s COP26 Ambassador for South Asia and Asia-Pacific
— Ms Aishath Hudha Ahmed, Director at Renewable Energy Maldives
— Mr Maeed Zahir, Advocacy Director at NGO Ecocare Maldives
— Dr Mizna Mohamed, Executive Director at the International Center for Environment, Development and Operational Research (Endevor)
— Mr Hussein (Sendi) Rasheed, Veteran Diver, Founder of the Faculty of Marine Studies at Villa College
— Ms Humaida Abdul Ghafoor, Independent Researcher and Volunteer at Savemaldivesmv
— Ms Shaziya Ali, Grants and Outreach Manager at Transparency Maldives

15/05/2021

Co Founder of Climate News Network, Alex Kirby is a former BBC journalist, and the 2017 winner of the ‘Environment Journalist of the Year’ at UK Regional Press Awards (for a series of science features published in the weekly Cambridge Independent). ��A Reuters stringer in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso before joining BBC World Service, he later served as BBC’s Cairo bureau chief. Overall, he spent 20 years in domestic radio, TV and online before branching out on his own. ��Alex will deliver the second portion of the session ‘Reporting on Environment’. �

15/05/2021

Rae Munavvar (L) has worked in conservation for as long as she’s been a reporter, writing about the environment is her a way of merging two passions. This programme was initially developed under an EU ‘Media4 Democracy’ Fellowship granted to Rae, and these guidelines were crafted in collaboration with international journalists whom she is proud to call friends, colleagues and mentors.

Fathmath Shaahunaz (R) has worked in news for over five years, starting at ‘Haveeru’ as a Translator, before moving up the ladder to Journalist at Mihaaru English. Additionally, she holds a BA in Teaching, which she put to use teaching the sciences. Across editorial duties, she tapped into her educational background to provide various training to interns and new reporters entering the newsroom.

Both Rae and Shaahunaz were last associated with The Edition as Managing Editor and Assistant Editor, respectively. Together, they will deliver the 1st part of the ‘Reporting on Environment’ session.

15/05/2021

State Minister at the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Technology, Dr Naseer brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience. His speciality being coral reefs, he is well poised to offer invaluable insights on the unique geographical makeup of the Maldives. ��Since his postgraduate days at Dalhousie University, he worked at the Marine Research Centre, then the Ministry of Fisheries until making a move to Environment in 2016. Dr Naseer is also well known for his time as a Senior Lecturer at the Maldives National University.

14/05/2021

Dr Ibrahim Mohamed has been working as Deputy Director General of Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives since 2011, focusing on climate change adaptation, with priority on resilience and adaptive capacity of island communities.

With an interest in salty urbanism and building island communities for several sea-level rise scenarios, Dr Ibrahim's vision for Maldives involves creating buoyant ecologies as a transformative adaptation.