Journalist Forum on Waste Management in Karlovac

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Journalists from Croatia and other countries in the region gathered yesterday, March 18, in Karlovac, for a three-day forum aiming to improve the quality of reporting on the problem of waste management in Croatia.

Environmental journalists gathered in Karlovac (source: Alertonline.org)

The Forum includes lectures by experts in area of waste management from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Environmental Fund and Croatian Toxicology Bureau, which are to be followed by Q&A sessions, discussions and workshops.

The Forum�s aims to review weaknesses and progress achieved in public information about waste management in the country; introduce new regulation on waste management; and present the latest relevant EU standards and trends in waste management.

Experienced investigative journalists from MediaCentre Sarajevo will educate the journalists about methods and techniques of investigative journalism processes designed to secure the creation of quality media contents, contributing to environmental awareness of the general public.

The 25 participants (from Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) will plant a linden tree, grown by Eko-Oroslavlje association at the end of the Forum (March 20), as its contribution ot UNEP�s �Billion Trees Against Climate Changes� Campaign.

The Forum is financially supported by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Croatian Environmental Fund and Holcima Croatia.

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The Forum is organized by the Environmental Press Centre (original abbreviation PCO), a journalist NGO established in 2004 that aims to improve the understanding of environmental issues through higher quality media coverage. PCO also has its own online daily magazine ALERT, reporting current environmental affairs and events from Croatia, the region and the world.