Environmental action depends on reliable information
Also on World Environment Day, UNESCO and the OSCE are launching Reporting the Environment: A Practical Manual for Journalists. At a time when misinformation and disinformation increasingly affect many of today’s most urgent global challenges, reliable reporting on nature, climate and environmental issues has never been more important. Written by journalists for journalists and enriched by contributions from leading journalism organizations — including Covering Climate Now, EIF, Fondation Hirondelle, NICHE, Pulitzer Center and the Reuters Institute — the manual offers practical tools for covering environmental stories accurately and safely, from navigating climate misinformation and AI-generated content to investigating environmental harm and accountability.
About the biosphere reserves:
UNESCO biosphere reserves are territories of outstanding ecological value where people and nature grow harmoniously alongside each other, conserving biological and cultural diversity, advancing sustainable development, and connecting communities across a global network.
Since 1971, biosphere reserves have played a central role in UNESCO’s environmental mission. Alongside natural World Heritage sites and Global Geoparks, they contribute to protecting more than 13 million km² of terrestrial and marine ecosystems under UNESCO’s umbrella, advancing the global Kunming-Montreal target of conserving 30% of land and sea by 2030.
The newly designated biosphere reserves are (full descriptions of the sites available here):
Albania – Shkodër Lake
Algeria – Theniet El Had
Aruba – Aruba Island
Azerbaijan – Great Caucasus
Cameroon – Takamanda – Cross River Gorilla
Canada – Québec City
Islamic Republic of Iran – Dalankuh – Qamishlou
Mongolia – Tost Toson Bumbiin Nuruu
Montenegro – Skadar Lake Watershed
Paraguay – Sur del Alto Paraná
Philippines – Matibay na Bayan ng Sablayan
Portugal – Serra da Estrela
Timor-Leste – Nino Konis Santana
Viet Nam – Phong Nha – Ke Bang